Robert Laroque v. Martin O'Malley

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 10 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT LAROQUE, No. 22-35975

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-000095-JAG

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MARTIN J. O’MALLEY,

Commissioner of Social Security

Defendant-Appellee,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington James A. Goeke, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 29, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: W. FLETCHER, PARKER,** and MILLER, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge MILLER.

Robert LaRoque, a 30-year-old homeless man who failed to graduate from

high school and received special education, struggles with an array of physical and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation. 1 mental disorders, and has never had gainful employment, appeals an order of the

district…