Jacob Santiago Ponce Alvares v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Commissioner Social Security

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JACOB SANTIAGO PONCE ALVARES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Commissioner
Social Security,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-35920
D.C. No. 2:15-cv-00379-JPD
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
James P. Donohue, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 23, 2018**
Before: FARRIS, CANBY and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Jacob Santiago Ponce Alvares appeals pro se from the district court’s
judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying
his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits under
FILED
MAR 27 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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Title II of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
We review the district court’s order de novo, Garrison v. Colvin, 759 F.3d 995,
1010 (9th Cir. 2014), and we affirm.
When liberally construed, Alvares’ brief includes an assertion that the
administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred in evaluating his testimony on the severity
of his symptoms and limitations. See Garmon v. Cty. of Los Angeles, 828 F.3d
837, 846 (9th Cir. 2016). Alvares did not raise this or any similar issue in district
court. Because there is no indication in Alvares’ brief or the administrative record
that our review of this issue is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice or
preserve the integrity of the judicial process, we decline to consider it. Greger v.
Barnhart, 464 F.3d 968, 973 (9th Cir. 2006).
We construe Alvares’ submission of new evidence to this court as a request
to remand under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See Garmon, 828 F.3d at 846. We decline to
remand for the agency to consider this evidence because Alvares has made no
showing that this new evidence, particularly the letters from his treating providers,
is material to his case and that there exists good cause for his failure to incorporate
it into the administrative record. See Clem v. Sullivan, 894 F.2d 328, 332 (9th Cir.
1990) (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)).
AFFIRMED.
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