Gonzalez
Gonzalez v. Barnhart
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Plaintiff-Appellant Yolanda Gonzalez appeals the district court’s summary judgment affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s denial of her application for disability insurance under Title II of the Social Security Act. Specifically, she argues (1) the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred by considering Gonzalez’s four-month employment in 1995 to constitute past relevant work; (2) the ALJ erred *859 in concluding that Gonzalez did not have an impairment listed in Social Security regulations; (3) the ALJ improperly discounted her credibility; (4) Plaintiff-Appellant’s age should have been considered a factor in determining disability; and (5) her application for disability insurance of June 7, 1991 should be reopened. We affirm.
We need not elaborate on the facts of this case because they are known to the parties.
Plaintiff-Appellant cites no authority in her brief supporting the conclusion that the part-time nature of the job precludes it from being considered past relevant work, and we find no such authority ourselves.
The ALJ properly concluded that Gonzalez’s impairments either singly, or in combination, did not meet or equal a listed impairment. See 20…