50 soc.sec.rep.ser. 18, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 538, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 874 Bonnie Gomez v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

74 F.3d 967 50 Soc.Sec.Rep. Ser. 18, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 538 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 874 Bonnie GOMEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, * Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35729. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 17, 1995. Decided Jan. 26, 1996. Ralph Wilborn, Ralph Wilborn and Etta L. Wilborn, Eugene, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellant. Kathryn A. Warma, Department of Health and Human Services, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Bonnie Gomez appeals the ruling of the district court affirming the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the "Commissioner") to deny disability insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits under the Social Security Act (the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq. Gomez argues that the district court erred in affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), which, she contends, was based on the improper…