Donald W. George v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security

94 F.3d 651 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Donald W. GEORGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security * , Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-35827. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 8, 1996. ** Decided Aug. 14, 1996. 1 Before: ALARCON, NORRIS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Donald George appeals summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner on the basis of the Commissioner's finding that George is not disabled. George argues that the Commissioner should have rejected the conclusions of his treating psychiatrist because they were contradicted by nontreating physicians' opinions. In addition, George claims that the Commissioner did not meet her burden of showing that George can perform available jobs because the vocational expert testified that someone with the impairments George's attorney described in a hypothetical question could not perform available work. 4 We review summary…