Lange

MEMORANDUM **

Antony Lange appeals the district court’s order upholding the ALJ’s decision to deny Lange disability benefits. We affirm the district court.

Substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s determination that Lange was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. 1 The ALJ reviewed the examining doctors’ conflicting reports and resolved the conflict in favor of the Commissioner, 2 concluding that Lange’s impairment did not meet or equal a listed impairment and that he could perform his past relevant work. Although Dr. Duncan’s and Dr. Shellman’s reports 3 concluded that Lange could not work in the competitive job market, the reports of several other doctors indicated that Lange could perform simple, unskilled work. In addi *709 tion, the employers’ reports, Lange’s mother’s statement, and Lange’s testimony all confirm that, while Lange had problems concentrating and dealing with the public, he could perform simple tasks for a few hours a day and adequately get along with supervisors and coworkers. Such abilities would allow him to perform his past relevant work as a newspaper inserter.

Lange’s argument that the ALJ’s hypothetical to the vocational expert…