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So c. Sec. , 454 F . 3d 1050, 1053 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 6 ) ; se e S S R 0 6 - 0 3 p a t* 3 , * 5 . T h a te rr o rwa s n o th a rm l e s s b e c au s e we can n o tco n cl u d e th at“ n o reaso n ab l e A L J, w h en fu l l y cred i t i n g th e t est i m o n y, c o u ld have rea ched a di ff er entdi sabi l i ty det erm i nat i on . ” Stout , 454 F . 3d a t1056. T he A L J i m prop er l y di sc re di t ed evi dence fr om D r. B arbaraP erry , an exam i ni ng psyc ho l og i st . T he un contra di ct ed op i ni on of an exam i ni ng do ct or can o n lyb e r e

je c te d f o rc le a ra n d c o n v in c in g r e a s o n s . W i dm a rk v. B a rn h a rt , 454 F . 3d 1063, 1066 ( 9th C i r . 2006) . T he A L J ’ s pr of f e r e d r e a s ons w e r e unc onvi nc i ng b e c au s e th e yd id n o t a c c o u n t f o re v id e n c e th a t s u g g e s te d a n o p p o s ite r e s u lt. See G al lan t v. H ec kler , 75 3 F . 2d 14 50 , 14 56 (9th C i r. 19 84 ). M oreover, the evi dence pr ovi de d byP a m J one s , w hi c h w a s i m pr ope r l ydi s r e ga r de d, w oul d, i f c r e di t e d, c ontr a di c tthe A L J ’ s of

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T h e A L J d i d n o tp ro v i d e su ffi ci en treaso n s t o d i scred i tT al l ey’ s t est i m o n y. W he r e ac l a i m a nte s t abl i s he s tha ts he s uf f e r s f r om i m pa i rm e nt s tha tm i ght r e a s o n ab l yb e e x p e c t e d t o c au s e s o me d e g r e e o f h e ra l l e g e d s y mp t o ms , th e ALJ m ustpres ent“ spec i fi c, cl ear and conv i nci ng re as on s” i n o rdert o rej ec ther s u b je c tiv e te s tim o n yab o u t th e e x te n t o f h e rs y m p to m s . Sm ol en v. Cha ter , 80 F . 3d 1273, 1281 ( 9th C i r . 1996) . T he A L J ’ s pr of f e r e d r e a s ons w e r e notc onvi nc i ng, a nd w er e t aken se l ec t i vel y f rom the re cord w hi l e i gn ori ng evi dence thatsugg es t ed an o p p o s ite r e s u lt. Se e G al lant , 7 5 3 F .2 d a t 1 4 5 6 . A d d itio n a lly , th e im p r o p e r ly d isre g ar d ed ev id en ce p ro v id ed b y P am Jo n es , i f c re d it ed , w o u ldsu p p o rt T alley’s te s tim o n ya n d u n d e rm in e s e v e r a l o f th e A L J ’s r e a s o n s f

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