N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
ANDREW

LAW HOR

N, Plaintiff - Appe lla nt,
v. C AR OLYN W . C OLVIN, C om m issione r of Soc ia l Se c urity , De fe nda

nt - Appe lle e . No. 14-35658 D.C . No. 3:13-c v-00319-JE
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of Ore gon M i c ha e l W . M osm a

n, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d

June 30, 2015 ** B e fore : THOM AS, C hie f Judge , a nd D.W . NELSON a

nd LEAVY, C irc uit Judge s. Andre w La

whorn a ppe a ls the distric 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 his a pplic ation for disa

bility insura

nc e be ne fits unde r Title II of the Soc ia l Se c urity Ac t . La whorn c onte nds tha

t the 

# FIL E D JUL 02 2015 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* 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. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).a dm inistra

tive la w judge (“ ALJ” ) e rre d by fa iling to inc lude in his re sidua l func tiona l c a

pa c ity finding or in his que stion to the voc ationa l e xpe rt his finding a t ste p thre e of the se que n tia l e va l uation proc e ss tha t La whorn ha d

m ode rate diffic u ltie s with re ga

rd to c onc e ntration, pe rsiste nc e , or pa c e . W e hav e jurisdic tion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a n d we a ffirm
. W e re vie w the distric t c ourt’ s judgm e nt de novo. Se e Molina v . Astrue , 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th C ir. 2012). “ [A] n ALJ’ s a sse ssm e nt of a c l a im ant a de quate ly
c a pture s re stric tions re late d to c onc e ntration, pe rsiste nc e , or pa c e whe re the
a sse ssm e nt is c onsiste nt with re stric tions ide ntifie d in them e dic a l [re c ord] .” Stubbs-Danie lson v . Astrue , 539 F.3d 1169, 1174 (9th C ir. 2008). In StubbsDanie lson , we he l d tha

t a finding tha

t a c l a im ant ha d

the re sidua l func tiona l
c a pa c ity “ to pe rform

sim ple , routine , re pe titivese de nta ry work,” a s we l l a s a hy pothe t ic a l que stion tha

t re fle c te d the sa m e lim ita tions, a d e quat e ly

inc orporate d lim ita tions re late d to pa c e and othe r m e nta l lim ita tions re g arding a

tte ntion,
c onc e ntration, a

nd a da ption tha t ha d be e n ide ntifie d by doc tors. Id. at 1173-76. W e e xpla ine d tha

t only one doc tor ha d a sse sse d

whe the r the c la im a

n t c o uld pe rform unskille d work on a susta ine d ba sis, a

nd this doc t or ha d c onc l ude d tha t the
c la im ant c ould do so de spite t he doc t or’ s a dditional finding tha t the c la im a

n t ha d a slow pa c e . Id. at 1174-75. 2In a sse ssing La whorn’ s re sidua l func t iona l c a pa c ity , the ALJ found tha t he

“ wa s lim ite d to sim

ple , routine ta sks.” In his se rie s of hy pothe tic a l que stions to the
voc ationa l e xpe rt, the ALJ inc lude d a lim ita t ion of “ s im

ple routine ta sks.” Like the doc tor in Stubbs-Danie lson , Dr. Pe te r Okulitc h sta te d tha t La whorn ha d diffic ulty
c onc e ntrating but nonethe l e ss c onc lude d tha t he c ould pe rform

“ sim ple and
re pe titiveta sks a s we ll a s m ore de ta ile d a n d c om ple x one s.” Ac c ording, theALJ’ s re sidua l func t iona l c a

pa c ity finding a

nd hy p othe tic a l que s tions we re c onsiste nt with there stric tions ide ntifie d in them e dic a l re c ord a nd thus a de q

u ate l y de sc ribe d Lawhorn’ s lim ita

tions. Se e id. at 1174-75; se e also W insc h e l v . C

omm’r of Soc
. Se c . , 631 F.3d 1176, 1180-81 (11th C ir. 2011) (re quiring hy pothe tic a l que stion pose d to voc ationa l e xpe rt to a c c ount spe c ific a l ly for “ m o de rate lim ita

t ion[s] in
m a inta ining c onc e ntration, pe rsiste nc e , a nd pa c e ” ). AFFIRM E D.

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