Jon Felt v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Jon W. Felt appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of his application for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. At step five of the sequential evaluation process, the administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that Felt could perform jobs that exist in significant numbers in the national economy. 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 we affirm.

The ALJ did not err in giving no weight to the contradicted opinion of treating psychologist Dr. W. Scott Mabee that Felt’s psychological limitations prevented him from working. The ALJ provided specific and legitimate reasons, supported by substantial evidence, for giving Dr. Mabee’s opinion no weight by stating that Dr. Ma-bee’s opinion relied upon Felt’s contradicted, subjective reports regarding the severity of his disability and did not address the numerous inconsistencies in the medical evidence. See Valentine v. Comm’r Soc. Sec. Admin., 574 F.3d 685, 692 (9th Cir.2009).

The ALJ accommodated all of Felt’s limitations in the residual functional…