Barnhart

MEMORANDUM ***

Jerry L. Williams appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (“Commissioner”) denial of his application for Supplemental Security Income disability benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 -83f. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s order upholding the Commissioner’s denial of benefits, determining whether substantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s decision and whether the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards. Osenbrock v. Apfel, 240 F.3d 1157, 1162 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.

Because the ALJ noted that the opinion of treating physician Dr. Anthony Boyce’s was contradicted by clinical findings, the opinions of other examining physicians, and Williams’ own testimony, the ALJ provided specific and legitimate reasons supported by substantial evidence for ascribing less weight to his opinion. See Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747, 751-52 (9th Cir.1989). Furthermore, because licensed social worker William Thompson (“Thompson”) is not an accepted medical source, see 20 C.F.R. § 416.913 (a), and because Thompson’s opinion was based on…