NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FEB 12 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
JENNIFER L. CHRISTOPHERSON, No. 12-17219
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:09-cv-01005-JAT
v.
MEMORANDUM*
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
James A. Teilborg, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 6, 2015**
San Francisco, California
Before: TALLMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and DEARIE, Senior
District Judge.***
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
***
The Honorable Raymond J. Dearie, Senior District Judge for the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.
Appellant Jennifer J. Christopherson (Christopherson) appeals the district
court’s remand to the Administrative Law Judge of her social security disability
benefits application for further proceedings rather than an immediate award of
benefits. Reviewing for an abuse of discretion, see Treichler v. Comm’r of Social
Security Admin., No. 12-35944, 2014 WL 7332774, at *5 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2014),
we affirm.
Because there are unanswered questions about the extent of
Christopherson’s impairment, and divergent opinions on Christopherson’s ability
to work, the district court did not abuse its discretion in remanding the case for
further proceedings. See id. at *11 (articulating that a case involving unresolved
factual conflicts and ambiguities should be remanded for further proceedings).
AFFIRMED.
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