Bollinger

Bollinger v. Barnhart

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178 F. App'x 745
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 8, 2006No. 04-35678California583 words

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MEMORANDUM *

Kathleen Bollinger appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s ruling that she is not entitled to Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) disability benefits. We have jurisdiction- under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Substantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s decision that Bollinger is not disabled because she can perform a significant number of jobs in the national economy. See Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747, 750 (9th Cir.1989) (stating that this Court will overturn the Commissioner’s decision “only if it is not supported by substantial evidence or it is based on legal error”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) properly relied on a vocational expert’s testimony to find that Bol-linger had the residual functional capacity to perform a significant number of jobs in the national economy. The ALJ’s hypothetical question to the vocational expert accurately detailed the six severe impairments that the record supported. See Tackett v. Apfel, 180 F.3d 1094, 1101 (9th Cir.1999) (stating that the ALJ’s hypothetical “must be accurate, detailed, and supported by the medical…

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