Case Name: Maria Louise JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-27
Citations: 685 F. App'x 536
Docket Number: No. 14-35314
Parties: Maria Louise JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 685
Pages: 536–538

Head Matter:
Maria Louise JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 14-35314
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 20, 2017
Filed March 27, 2017
Maria Louise Jones, Pro Se
Helen J. Brunner, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kerry Keefe, Esquire, DOJ-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, Thomas M. Elsberry, Esquire, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, SSA—SOcial Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Maria Louise Jones appeals pro se from the denial of her application for disabled widow's insurance benefits and supplemental security benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Ghanim v. Colvin, 763 F.3d 1154, 1159 (9th Cir. 2014), and we affirm.
The Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") did not err in failing to discuss medical records from an August 2005 examination by Vatche Cabayan, M.D., because (1) those records significantly predated Jones's amended onset date, and (2) they were not supported by an explanation or clinical findings. See Carmickle v. Comrn'r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 533 F.3d 1155, 1165 (9th Cir. 2008) ("Medical opinions that predate the alleged onset of disability-are of limited relevance."); Bayliss v. Barnhart, 427 F.3d 1211, 1216 (9th Cir. 2005) ("[W]hen evaluating conflicting medical opinions, an ALJ need not accept the opinion of a doctor if that opinion is brief, conelusory, and inadequately supported by clinical findings."); see also Howard ex rel. Wolff v. Barnhart, 341 F.3d 1006, 1012 (9th Cir. 2003) ("[T]he ALJ is not required to discuss evidence that is neither significant nor probative.").
The district court did not err in declining to remand for consideration of additional records related to and referenced by Dr. Cabayan because the records were not new and Jones offered no explanation for failing to include them in the record that was before the ALJ responsible for considering the applications Jones filed in December 2010. See Clem v. Sullivan, 894 F.2d 328, 332 (9th Cir. 1990) ("A claimant seeking remand must demonstrate that there is 'new evidence which is material, and that there/ is good cause for the failure to incorporate such evidence into the record in a prior proceeding.'" (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)). Moreover, Jones has not shown that there is a reasonable possibility that the additional records, all of which significantly pre-dated Jones's onset date, would have affected the ALJ's determination of whether Jones was disabled as of October 5, 2010. See Mayes v. Massanari, 276 F.3d 453, 462 (9th Cir. 2001) ("To be material under section 405(g), the new evidence must bear directly and substantially on the matter in dispute." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Carmickle, 533 F.3d at 1165.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.