Sivilay
Sivilay v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Ngeunh Sivilay (“Sivilay”) appeals the district court’s judgment, denying her motion for summary judgment and granting the motion for remand of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”), in her action challenging the Commissioner’s denial of her application for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 , et. seq. The district court had jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. §§ 405 (g) and 1383(c)(3). We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we do not recount it here.
I
Sivilay argues that the district court erred in affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) decision to disregard the opinions submitted by her treating psychiatrists, Dr. Arnaldo Solis, M.D., and Dr. Al Raitt, M.D. We review de novo the district court’s decision. Edlund v. Massanari, 253 F.3d 1152, 1156 (9th Cir.2001). The district court properly affirmed the ALJ if the ALJ applied the correct legal standards and if substantial evidence in the record as a whole supports the ALJ’s…