(SS) Beliew v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 MARK ANTHONY BELIEW, Case No. 1:19-cv-391-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

13 Defendant. 14 Claimant has requested judicial review of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. On February 13, 2020, we heard argument from the parties. Having reviewed the record and considered arguments raised by the parties, we will affirm the decision of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”). On appeal, we ask whether substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s factual findings and whether the ALJ applied the correct legal standards. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). We will uphold the ALJ’s decision if it is rational, even if there is another rational interpretation of the evidence; we will not substitute our judgment for that of the Commissioner. See Revels v. Berryhill, 874 F.3d 648, 654 (9th Cir. 2017). The ALJ found claimant to have three severe impairments: bilateral knee replacements, major…