Arrieta

MEMORANDUM ***

Claimant Carlos (Chuck) Arrieta appeals from an adverse judgment in this social security disability case. We review the district court’s judgment de novo, Edlund v. Massanari, 253 F.3d 1152, 1156 (9th Cir.2001), and must affirm the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration if it is supported by substantial evidence, Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715, 720 (9th Cir.1998).

1. Substantial evidence supports the administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) determination that Claimant’s impairments did not meet or equal Listing 1.05C (certain vertebrogenic disorders). 1 Many doctors examined claimant over a period of several years, including Drs. Maurice, Hoos, Schatz, and Siciarz, and none found impairments that meet or equal that Listing. Substantial evidence also supports the determination that Claimant’s impairments did not meet or equal Listing 1.12 (certain fractures of an upper extremity). No medical evidence supports a finding that Claimant sustained a nonunion of a fracture of the shaft of the humerus, radius, or ulna.

2. The ALJ did not err by allowing the same medical expert, Dr. Gurvey, to testify at Claimant’s 2001 hearing and again at his 2005…