Lunn

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff Susan Lunn appeals the district court’s order affirming the Social Security Commissioners’s final decision to deny Lunn benefits. The Commissioner’s decision to deny benefits will only be disturbed if it based on legal error or is not supported by substantial evidence. Stout v. Comm’r Soc. Sec. Admin., 454 F.3d 1050, 1052 (9th Cir.2006). We affirm.

The ALJ did not abuse his discretion in finding that Lunn’s testimony was not wholly credible with respect to the intensity, duration, and limiting effects of her symptoms. Here, the ALJ provided three reasons for not fully crediting Lunn’s testimony: (1) her testimony was not supported by medical evidence; (2) her testimony was inconsistent with her daily activities; and (3) the residual functional capacity assessment demonstrated that Lunn was able to perform a significant range of light work. These reasons are supported by substantial evidence.

The ALJ did not err in concluding that Lunn could perform light work. Because the ALJ assigned only limited weight to the opinion of Lunn’s primary care doctor, Dr. Reed, he needed to provide “specific, legitimate reasons for disregarding the opinion of the treating…