N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
JESSIE M . LEW IS,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lla

nt,
v. NANC Y A. B ERR

YHILL, Ac ting C om m issione r of Soc i a l Se c urity , De fe nda n t-Appe l le e . No. 16-15394 D.C . No. 1:14-c v-01654-SM S
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Ea ste rn Distric t of C a lifornia Sandra M . Sny de r, M a gistra

te Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d Ja

nua ry 11, 2018 ** San Fran c isc o , C a lifornia B e fore : WALLAC E , R

A W LINSON, a

nd WATFORD, C irc uit Judge s. 1. The Adm inistra

tive La w Judge (ALJ) e rre d in finding tha t Je ssie Le wis
c ould pe rform the positions of c a shie r (DOT #211.462-010) a nd stora g e re nta l
c le rk (DOT #295.367-026) de spite he r lim ita tion to “work involving sim ple 

# FIL ED JAN 16 2018 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t 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 ora l a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2).Pa ge 2 of 3

instruc tions.” Those positions re quire le v e l 3 re a soning, pe r the Dic t iona ry of Oc c upationa l Title s (DOT). W e have he ld tha t a n a ppa re nt c onflic t e xists be twe e n
a lim ita tion to “ sim

ple , routine , or re p e t itive ta sks” an d “ the de m ands of Le ve l 3 R e a soning.” Zav alin v . C olv in , 778 F.3d 842, 843–44 (9th C i r. 2015). The ALJ the re fore wa s re q

uire d to “ e lic it a

re a sona ble e xpla nation for the c onflic t be fore
re ly ing on the[voc ationa l e xpe rt] e vide nc e to support a de te rm ination or de c ision
a bout whe the r [Le wis] is disa ble d.” SSR

00-4p, 2000 W

L 1898704, a

t *2. 2. The ALJ did not err in finding tha t Le wis c o uld pe rform

the position of offic e he lpe r (DOT #239.567-010), which re quire s le ve l 2 re a soning. The re is no
a ppa re nt unre solve d

c o nflic t be twe e n the voc a tiona l e xpe rt’ s te stim ony tha t Le wis
c ould pe rform that position a nd the DOT or its c om

p anion public a tion, the Se le c te d C ha

ra c te ristic s of Oc c upations De fine d in the R e vise d Dic tiona ry of Oc c upationa l Title s (SC O). Se e SSR 00-4p a t *1. SSR

00-4p doe s not re quire the ALJ to inquire into pote ntia l c onflic ts be twe e n voc at iona l e xpe rt e v ide nc e and a ll possible c om

pa n ion public a t ions to the

DOT. Le wis c ite s no c a se from our c ourt that ha s re quire d a

n ALJ to re solve a

c onflic t be twe e n voc at iona l e xpe rt e v ide nc e
and inform a tion provide d in the R e vise d Ha ndbook for Ana ly z ing Jobs (U.S. De pa rtm e nt of La

bor 1991) (R

HAJ). W e the re fore de c line to hold tha t SSR 00- 4p’ s re quire m e nts we re trigge re d he re , e ve n if a c onflic t e x iste d with theRHAJ.Pa ge 3 of 3

The voc at iona l e xpe rt te stifie d tha t “ the re are 10,000” offic e he l pe r jobs in C a lifornia . This qua lifie s a s a “ signific ant” num

be r of jobs tha

t Le wis c ould pe rform “ in the re gion whe re [she ] live s.” Se e 42 U.S.C . § 1382c (a )(3)(B ); Gutie r re z v . C omm’r of Soc

. Se c . , 740 F.3d 519, 527–28 (9th C ir. 2014). Substa ntia l e vide nc e the re fore supports the ALJ’ s finding tha

t Le wis wa s not disa ble d. Se e id. at 522–23. AFFIRM E D.