Howell

MEMORANDUM ***

Marilyn Howell appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

The panel’s review is “essentially the same as that undertaken by the district court.” Stone v. Heckler, 761 F.2d 530, 532 (9th Cir.1985). In both cases, the court determines whether the ALJ’s decision can be supported by “substantial evidence.” Batson v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 359 F.3d 1190, 1193 (9th Cir.2004). “Substantial evidence” is “more than a mere scintilla, but less than a preponderance.” Desrosiers v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 846 F.2d 573, 576 (9th Cir.1988) (internal quotations and citations omitted).

1. Substantial evidence supports the finding that Howell had no severe *184 mental impairments. Howell did not visit a doctor regarding her mental impairments until two years after she claims they began. In September 2002, Dr. Tester found Howell’s depression was under “good control.” In 2004, Dr. Cole, though diagnosing Howell with depression, pain disorder, and anxiety disorder, found she was nonetheless “able to…