Legal Opinion

Gina Samuels v. Carolyn Colvin

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 2, 2016No. 14-15989UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM *

Gina L. Samuels appeals from the district court order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s denial of her application for supplemental security income under the Social Security Act. We affirm.

1. The ALJ provided “specific, clear and convincing reasons” for discounting Samuels’s testimony on the “intensity, persistence, and limiting effect” of her symptoms. Lingenfelter v. Astrue, 504 F.3d 1028, 1036 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1281 (9th Cir. 1996)). Samuels’s self-reported activities, the objective medical evidence, and Samuels’s failure to seek…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Maureen Thomas v. Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  2. Deborah L. Burch v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  3. Smolen v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  4. Orn v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  5. Lester v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. (SS) Reeves v. Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2021

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