Rockwood

MEMORANDUM *

The facts and procedural posture of the case are known to the parties, and we do not repeat them here. Melanie Rockwood appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the denial by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services of her application for supplemental security income (“SSI”) benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 423 , 1381-83f. We review a district court’s order upholding the denial of SSI benefits de novo. Morgan v. Comm’r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 169 F.3d 595, 599 (9th Cir.1999). The Commissioner’s decision must be upheld if it was: (1) supported by substantial evidence; and (2) free of legal error, id.

Rockwood challenges the ALJ’s determination of her residual functional capacity (“RFC”). She argues that the ALJ improperly disregarded medical evidence that she suffered from severe chronic pain caused by a herniated or ruptured disk. Although Rockwood presents the opinion of a treating physician who stated that her symptoms were consistent with a herniated disk, the record contains reports of *462 several other physicians who were of the opinion that Rockwood’s back injury did not explain her reported symptoms.…