Manes

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Christopher Manes (“Manes”) appeals from the district court’s summary judgment for the Commissioner of Social Security, denying Manes’s application for social security disability benefits under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-134 . Manes argues that 250 jobs do not amount to “work which exists in significant numbers either in the region where such individual [the benefits claimant] lives or in several regions of the country” under 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(2)(A), and that there was not substantial evidence to support the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) conclusion that there were 250 jobs in Washington state that Manes could perform.

*588 Manes alleges disability since 1993, resulting from serious injuries. Following a lengthy procedural process, a final hearing took place before an ALJ on January 14, 2004. The ALJ applied the five-step analysis from 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520 . At step 4, the ALJ concluded that Manes did not retain the residual functional capacity (“RFC”) to perform the requirements of his past relevant work. The ALJ determined Manes was limited to sedentary work with a sit-stand option that allows change of…