DocketNumber: 15-35897
Citation Numbers: 707 F. App'x 905
Judges: Clifton, Smith, Christen
Filed Date: 12/21/2017
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 11/6/2024
FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 21 2017 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CRISTALINDA FARIAS, No. 15-35897 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:14-cv-03093-SMJ v. MEMORANDUM* NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Salvador Mendoza, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 19, 2017** San Francisco, California Before: CLIFTON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Cristalinda Farias appeals the district court’s decision affirming the denial of her application for supplemental security income. We have jurisdiction under28 U.S.C. § 1291
, and we vacate and remand. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). The administrative law judge (ALJ) posed an incomplete hypothetical to the vocational expert because the ALJ failed to include all Farias’s residual functional capacity (RFC) findings. Bray v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin.,554 F.3d 1219
, 1228 (9th Cir. 2009). The hypothetical concerned an employee who only needed “breaks” rather than “frequent breaks,” and who had the ability to “stand or walk” rather than “stand and walk.” Because the ALJ narrowed Farias’s RFC without explanation, we vacate and remand to the ALJ for further proceedings. Matthews v. Shalala,10 F.3d 678
, 681 (9th Cir. 1993). Each party shall bear its own costs. VACATED and REMANDED. 2