Pryor
Pryor v. Barnhart
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Ida Pryor appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security Administration in Pryor’s action for disability benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we recite them only as necessary for this decision.
Pryor argues the ALJ improperly rejected her testimony. We disagree. The ALJ noted numerous reasons for discrediting Pryor, including her deceit regarding her marijuana use, the lack of medical evidence supporting her repeated claims that she suffered a 1999 stroke, her finishing school and beginning a new job while claiming disability, her independent living, her claiming new symptoms upon her admission to the hospital in 2000, and the inconsistency in her testimony regarding social isolation and other minor medical symptoms. These findings are clear and convincing and supported by substan *957 tial evidence. Morgan v. Comm’r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 169 F.3d 595, 599 (9th Cir.1999).
Pryor argues the ALJ incorrectly discounted evidence of a 1999 stroke. We disagree. Pryor’s treating physicians do note the existence of a stroke, but the medical…