Ekwortzel

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff-Appellant Jennie K. Ekwortzel appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Securi *552 ty’s denial of her application for Social Security disability insurance benefits. The facts and procedural history are familiar to the parties, and we do not repeat them here. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review the district court’s decision de novo, but we “must affirm if substantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s decision and if the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards.” Lewis v. Apfel, 236 F.3d 503, 509 (9th Cir.2001).

Ekwortzel challenges the Commissioner’s denial of her claim on the ground that the ALJ improperly rejected the opinion of psychiatrist Dr. Driscoll. If a treating or examining physician’s medical opinions or conclusions are contradicted by another doctor, the ALJ may reject them by providing “‘specific and legitimate’ reasons supported by substantial evidence in the record for doing so.” Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 830 (9th Cir.1996).

The findings of clinical psychologist and mental health expert Dean Gregg were based on his review of the medical records and…