Susan Kassebaum v. Commissioner of Social Security

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 27 2013

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SUSAN KASSEBAUM, No. 11-35998

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 6:08 cv-0433-HO

v.

MEMORANDUM **

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,* Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael R. Hogan, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 5, 2013 *** Portland, Oregon

Before: TASHIMA, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

* Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, is substituted for her predecessor pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. *** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). Susan Kassebaum appeals from the district court’s partial denial of her

motion for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”),

U.S.C. § 2412. She also appeals the…