N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT GLENN A. OC KER , Plaintiff - Appe lla nt, v. C AR OLYN W . C OLVIN, De fe nda

nt - Appe lle e . No. 13-56487 D.C . No. 5:12-c v-01510-AN M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia A rthur Na

ka z ato, M a gistra

te Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d Nove m

be r 3, 2014 ** B e fore : Thom a s, C h i e f Judge , Ne lson, a nd Le avy , C irc uit Judge s. Gle nn A. Oc k e r a

ppe a ls thedistric t c ourt’ s judgm e nt a ffirm ing the C om m issione r of Soc ia l Se c urity ’ s de nia l of Oc ke r’ s a pplic ation for disa

bility insura nc e inc om e unde r Title II of the Soc ia l Se c urity Ac t. Oc ke r a lle ge d disa bility due to thee ffe c ts of a

bra in a ne ury sm . He c onte n ds tha t the a dm inistra

tive la w judge (“ ALJ” ) e rre d in interpre ting e xam ining psy c hologist Dr. 

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* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3.La

ura Se ibe rt’ s opinion c onc e rning Oc ke r’ s m e nta l lim i tations when the ALJ a sse sse d his re sidua l func tiona l c a pa c ity . W e have jurisdic t ion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a nd we a ffirm . W e re vie w the distric t c ourt’ s orde r de novo. Molina v . Astrue , 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th C ir. 2012). W e m a y se t a side the de nia l of be n e fits only if it is not supporte d by substa

ntia l e vide nc e or is ba se d on le ga l e rror. Id . The ALJ found tha

t Oc ke r ha d the re sidua l func tiona l c a p a c ity to pe rform work at a ll e xe rtiona l le ve ls, but had non-e x e rtiona l limita tions tha t he c ould only pe rform sim

ple re p e titiveta sks by

de m o n strat ion, c ould a da pt to c ha nge s in the workpla c e tha

t we re c onc re te in na

ture , a n d should a

void m oving e quipm e nt, he ights, a nd be ing in c h a

rge of the sa fe ty

of othe rs. At ste

p five of the se que ntia l ana ly sis, theALJ he ld tha t Oc ke r c ould pe rform

jobs tha t e xist in signific ant num be rs in thenationa l e c onom y suc h a s produc t ion he lpe r, te nde r-he lpe r, and fie ld worke r. Substa ntia l e v i de nc e supports the ALJ’ s re sidua l func tiona l c a pa c ity a sse ssm e nt tha

t Oc ke r c ould pe rform

sim ple re pe titiveta s ks le arne d by de m onstra

tion. TheALJ ga

ve “ c onside ra

ble we ight” to Dr. Se ibe rt’ s opinion, a s we ll a s “ gre at we ight” to thete stim ony an d opinion of te stify ing m e dic a l e xpe rt Dr. C ra ig C . R ath. TheALJ a c c o unte d for Dr. Se ibe rt’ s findings re ga rding Oc k e r’ s 2short-te rm

m e m ory loss a

nd im pa ire d a bility to le arn ne w inform ation in e va luating Oc ke r’ s re sidua l func tiona l c a pa c ity . Although Dr. Se ibe rt e xpe c te d Oc ke r to be “pe rm ane ntly disa ble d,” the ALJ re a sona

bly c onc lude d

tha t Dr. Se ibe rt wa s re fe rring sole ly

to Oc ke r’ s ina

bility to re turn to his pa s t work a s a podia trist. In a ddition, the

ALJ ga ve gre at we i ght to Dr. Rath’ s te stim ony whic h inte rpre te d Dr. Se i be rt’ s re port to m e an tha t Oc ke r c ould pe rform

sim p le , re pe titiveta sks. The ALJ re a sona

bly c o nstrue d a

nd c re dite d the m e dic a l opinion evide n c e of both Dr. Se ibe rt a nd Dr. R ath in re a c hing his re sidua l func tiona l c a pa c ity de t e rm i nation. Tommase tti v . Astrue , 533 F.3d 1035, 1041 (9th C ir. 2008) (a n ALJ is given a uthority and duty to inte rpre t the m e dic a l e v i de nc e ); Batson v . C omm’r of Soc . Se c . , 359 F.3d 1190, 1193 (9th C ir. 2004) (C o m m issione r’ s “ findings a

re uphe ld if supporte d by infe re nc e s re a sona bly drawn from

the re c ord.” ) Ac c ordingly , substa

ntia l e vide nc e supports the ALJ’ s de te rm ination tha

t Oc ke r wa s not disa

b le d within the

m e aning of theSoc ia l Se c urity Ac t. AFFIRM E D .

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