Haslacker

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff-appellant Pauline Haslacker appeals from the district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) in Has-lacker’s action for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. We reverse.

On appeal, Haslacker argues that the ALJ erred in disregarding her subjective pain testimony. Haslacker testified at the hearing that even before she broke her ankle, she could not walk more than two blocks, and that walking even that distance caused her pain in her lower back and hips. She also testified that she could not stand for more than a half hour to forty-five minutes at a time, and that she could lift and carry only between five and ten pounds.

When the ALJ asked Cynthia Ward (‘Ward”), the vocational expert, to consider a hypothetical claimant who suffered from Haslacker’s physical impairments, including those subjective complaints, Ward concluded that under Step Four of the five-part sequential analysis, such a claimant would not be able to perform Haslacker’s past relevant work. Ward also concluded that under Step Five of the five-part sequential analysis, again considering…