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MEMORANDUM

Marlene Propps appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Commissioner’s third denial of her application for Supplemental Security Income disability benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

Propps must overcome the presumption of continuing non-disability by demonstrating “changed circumstances” since the Commissioner’s prior denials of benefits. Taylor v. Heckler, 765 F.2d 872, 875 (9th Cir.1985). In prior hearings, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Propps had “slight to moderate” deficiencies in concentration, persistence and pace, with a residual functional capacity (“RFC”) to perform limited light work. The ALJ adopted those findings in this case. Propps’s argument that the ALJ erred rests on the medical opinions of two treating physicians, Dr. Zhang and Dr. Hood. However, Dr. Zhang also listed deficiencies in concentration, persistence and pace, and did not specify whether these limita tions would be slight or moderate. Dr. Hood noted some “moderate” limitations, but ultimately found that Propps could “[c]arry out simple tasks for a normal work week.” Substantial evidence existed to support the ALJ’s RFC…