Lansford

Lansford v. Astrue

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319 F. App'x 627
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 17, 2009No. 08-35118California346 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Joyce Lansford appeals the district court’s order upholding the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) denial of disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434 . We affirm.

The ALJ applied “ordinary techniques of credibility evaluation” in rejecting Lansford’s testimony as to the extent of her pain. Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1284 (9th Cir.1996). These techniques included consideration of evidence that Lansford had fabricated symptoms in the past, and the observation that Lansford was able to sit for 25 minutes during the administrative hearing despite testifying that she was incapable of sitting for longer than 15 minutes. The ALJ thus provided “specific, clear and convincing reasons” for rejecting Lansford’s testimony. Lingenfelter v. Astrue, 504 F.3d 1028, 1036 (9th Cir.2007) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Before rejecting the opinions of two treating doctors regarding Lansford’s functional limitations in favor of non-examining doctors’ opinions, the ALJ “set[ ] out a detailed and thorough summary of the facts and conflicting clinical evidence, stat[ed] his interpretation thereof, and [made] findings.” Reddick…

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