U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2017

Carla Lyons v. Nancy Berryhill

Carla Lyons v. Nancy Berryhill
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 30, 2017 · Schroeder, Smith, Piersol
692 F. App'x 880

Carla Lyons v. Nancy Berryhill

Opinion

*881 MEMORANDUM ***

Carla Lyons (“Lyons”) appeals from the district court’s decision remanding for further proceedings in Lyons’ action for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. We review the district court’s decision to remand for further proceedings for abuse of discretion, Treichler v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 775 F.3d 1090, 1098 (9th Cir. 2014), and we affirm.

The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) denied Lyons disability insurance benefits upon concluding, at step two of the five-step sequential evaluation process, that Lyons’ impairments were non-severe. The ALJ did not develop the record regarding steps three, four, and five. Given the lack of analysis beyond step two, we affirm the district court’s decision to remand to the ALJ for further administrative proceedings.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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