Krisanne Hensley v. Carolyn W. Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Krisanne L. Hensley appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of Hensley’s application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th Cir.2012), and affirm.

The administrative law judge (ALJ) provided specific and legitimate reasons supported by substantial evidence for giving little weight to the opinions of psychologist W. Scott Mabee, Ph.D., who supervised mental health evaluations conducted by counseling therapist Steven E. Erikson and social worker Amy Robinson. First, the ALJ reasonably found that Dr. Ma-bee’s opinions were inconsistent with Erik-son’s and Robinson’s clinical findings. See Bray v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 554 F.3d 1219, 1228 (9th Cir.2009) (permitting the rejection of a medical opinion that is inconsistent with clinical findings). Second, the ALJ reasonably determined that Dr. Mabee’s opinion was inconsistent with Hensley’s reported daily activities, which included attending to personal care, cooking, cleaning,…