50 soc.sec.rep.ser. 500, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 15161b, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2159, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3640 Catherine A. Smolen v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

80 F.3d 1273 50 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 500, Unempl.Ins.Rep. (CCH) P 15161B , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2159 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3640 Catherine A. SMOLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, * Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35056. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1995. Decided March 29, 1996. 1 Ralph Wilborn, Ralph Wilborn & Etta L. Wilborn, P.C., Eugene, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellant. 2 P.K. Abraham and Richard H. Wetmore, Assistant Regional Counsel, Health & Human Services, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellee. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Michael R. Hogan, Chief Judge, Presiding. No. CV-92-06273 (HO). 4 Before HUG, Chief Judge, FERGUSON, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, District Judge. ** OPINION 5 SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge. 6 Catherine Smolen appeals the decision of the district court affirming the denial by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services ("Commissioner") of her application for disabled child's benefits pursuant to Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 , 423 (1988 & Supp. III…