Thompson

MEMORANDUM ***

Ida Thompson (“Thompson”) appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s denial of her claim for social security disability insurance benefits.

We review de novo a district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner’s denial of benefits. Thomas v. Barnhart, 278 F.3d 947, 954 (9th Cir.2002). The Commissioner’s decision may be set aside only if the findings are not supported by substantial evidence in the record, or are based on legal error. Gillett-Netting v. Barnhart, 371 F.3d 593, 595 (9th Cir.2004).

Thompson raises three arguments on appeal. 1 First, she argues that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in finding that her past work and residual functional capacity demonstrate that she possesses transferable skills, which meet the requirements of the alternative work identified by the vocational expert. Second, Thompson contends her skills are not transferable because the alternate work positions suggested by the ALJ are not found under the same work file number or Material, Products, Subject Matter, and Services number as her prior position of Shipping and Receiving Clerk in the Dictionary of…