Raulerson

Raulerson v. Massanari

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25 F. App'x 589
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2001No. 00-36057. D.C. No. CV-99-530-N-EJLCalifornia2,139 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Jennifer Raulerson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment and order affirming the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“the Commissioner”). The Commissioner ruled that Raulerson was not entitled to child’s benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402 (d). Raulerson argues that the district court should have reversed the Commissioner’s decision be *591 cause the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) improperly rejected the medical opinions she presented and failed to have a medical examiner testify at the hearing. In Raulersoris view, the ALJ should have awarded her benefits because the evidence established that she was disabled before age twenty-two. She also argues that her hearing before the magistrate judge was unfair. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

On October 7, 1996, Raulerson, who was forty-five years old, applied for disabled adult child’s benefits on the account of her deceased father, Alfred Raulerson. She alleged that she was “emotionally handicapped” and had been disabled from July 15, 1968, when she was seventeen years old. The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) denied…

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