Kathleen Coleman v. Carolyn W. Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Plaintiff-Appellant Kathleen Julia Coleman appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming Defendant-Appellee Commissioner’s adoption of the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) decision finding her not disabled under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-34 , 1381-83Í, during the period starting on January 1, 2004. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review the district court’s decision de novo, and will reverse the Commissioner’s decision only if it was “based on legal error or ... not supported by substantial evidence.” Hiler v. Astrue, 687 F.3d 1208, 1211 (9th Cir.2012). We affirm.

Ms. Coleman raises a number of arguments that the ALJ erred in addressing her diagnoses of mental disorders at step two of the five-step sequential analysis. We reject these arguments. First, the ALJ’s determination that Ms. Coleman failed to establish a medically determinable mental impairment is supported by substantial evidence because Ms. Coleman failed to present any evidence of signs or laboratory findings establishing that Ms. Coleman suffered from a mental impairment. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1508 , 404.1528(a), 416.908. Second, the ALJ…