Lyndon Mollerstrom v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security

76 F.3d 387 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lyndon MOLLERSTROM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, ** Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35759. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1995. * Decided Dec. 11, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Lyndon Mollerstrom appeals the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services which denied his application for Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g). We affirm. DISCUSSION 3 Mollerstrom asserts that the Secretary did not rely on substantial evidence because the Secretary improperly discounted the opinion of Mollerstrom's treating physician; and the Secretary improperly discounted Mollerstrom's pain testimony as not credible. Furthermore, Mollerstrom asserts that the Secretary wrongly determined that there were jobs in the national…