Jeffers

Jeffers v. Astrue

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231 F. App'x 650
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 9, 2007No. 05-35365California351 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiff-Appellant Leona Jeffers appeals the district court’s judgment affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of her application for disability benefits. Although the ALJ determined that Jeffers was severely impaired and had significant limitations, he concluded that she was not completely disabled. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

*652 First, the ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons, supported by substantial evidence, for finding Jeffers’ testimony not entirely credible. See Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1281-82 (9th Cir.1996). Jeffers successfully engaged in a number of significant activities over an extended period of time, including farmwork and full-time attendance at a major university, from which it could reasonably be inferred that her physical and mental limitations were not as severe as she claimed. Also, Jeffers’ physicians noted inconsistencies between her self-described limitations and their own objective observations.

Second, the ALJ provided reasons, gerrhane to the particular lay witness, for finding Jeffers’ mother’s testimony not entirely credible. See Stout v. Comm’r, 454 F.3d 1050, 1053 (9th…

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