(SS)Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 CASEY L. CLARK, 1:19-cv-00196-JDP 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL 10 v. ORDER DENYING APPEAL AND

ORDERING THAT THE CLERK’S OFFICE

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF

RESPONDENT AND CLOSE THIS CASE

Defendant.

14 15 Claimant has requested judicial review of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. On March 12, 2020, we heard argument from the parties. Because the parties appeared to contest the appropriate standard of review, we requested additional briefing on that issue on March 19, 2020. ECF No. 20. We received the parties’ additional briefs on May 13 and May 18, 2020. Because we conclude that the ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons for discounting claimant’s symptom testimony, we affirm the decision below and order that the clerk’s office enter judgment in favor of respondent. DISCUSSION Claimant filed a disability application in…