Massanari

Johnson v. Massanari

Good Law
19 F. App'x 719
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 4, 2001No. 00-35470; D.C. No. CV-99-716-MRHCalifornia722 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiff Diane Johnson applied for but was denied supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. The district court affirmed, as do we.

A. Rejection of Subjective Complaints of Pain

In finding Plaintiff not to be credible, the ALJ gave “clear and convincing” reasons for discounting her testimony. Morgan v. Comm’r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 169 F.3d 595, 599 (9th Cir.1999). He noted that Plaintiffs self-reported daily activities are inconsistent with her alleged symptoms, that Plaintiffs statements about her symptoms have been inconsistent, and that Plaintiff has not complied *721 with treatment recommendations that would provide some relief from her allegedly disabling pain. Each of those factors is relevant to a claimant’s credibility and is supported by the record. Therefore we hold that the ALJ did not err in rejecting Plaintiffs subjective complaints of pain.

B. Weight Given to Medical Opinions

The ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons for discounting Dr. Wyles’ contradicted medical opinion. For example, he found that Dr. Wyles initially misstated the date of disability onset, that he made inconsistent statements in various disability…

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