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Anna M. PIATZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 10-15943.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted June 16, 2011.
    Filed June 28, 2011.
    Ian Michael Sammis, Esquire, Ian M. Sammis, Esq., San Rafael, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Bobbie J. Montoya, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USSAC — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Daniel Paul Talbert, SSA-Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Before: SCHROEDER and BEA, Circuit Judges, and SAMMARTINO, District Judge.
    
    
      
       The Honorable Janis L. Sammartino, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Anna Piatz (“Piatz”) appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”). The district court affirmed the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) denying Piatz Disability Insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. The ALJ concluded, on the basis of step five in the five-step sequential analysis in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)-(g), that Piatz was not “disabled” within the meaning of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(3), because she could perform jobs that exist in significant numbers in the national economy. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

On appeal, Piatz contends that the ALJ did not take into account evidence diagnosing her specific disabling conditions — fi-bromyalgia and carpal tunnel syndrome. The ALJ, however, adequately considered the nature of Piatz’s health, both with respect to her muscle pain and carpal tunnel syndrome, in determining her residual functional capacity. See Stubbs-Danielson v. Astrue, 539 F.3d 1169, 1174 (9th Cir.2008).

Piatz also contends that the district court erred when it chose not to consider the subsequent ALJ decision awarding benefits to Piatz on a separate application. The 2009 decision issued by ALJ L. Kalei Fong was not material, since it related to a separate application which alleged an onset date four years after the alleged onset date of the disability presented in the present application. See Mayes v. Massanari, 276 F.3d 453, 462 (9th Cir.2001). Thus, the district court correctly held that the ALJ’s decision was supported by substantial evidence.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.