James Wischmann v. Kilolo Kijakazi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES BOYD WISCHMANN, No. 21-35914

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01673- v. MAT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Mary Alice Theiler, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Filed May 17, 2023

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

* The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Social Security

The panel affirmed the district court’s decision upholding the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of James Wischmann’s application for benefits under the Social Security Act. Relying on the vocational expert (“VE”)’s testimony, the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found that there were a significant number of…