Case Name: Jessica M. HARMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-28
Citations: 692 F. App'x 861
Docket Number: No. 15-35117
Parties: Jessica M. HARMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: NELSON, TROTT, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 692
Pages: 861–862

Head Matter:
Jessica M. HARMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-35117
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2017
Filed June 28, 2017
Kathryn Tassinari, Esquire, Attorney, Kathryn Tassinari, Lawyer, PC, Eugene, OR, Robert A. Baron, Esquire, Attorney, Harder Wells Baron & Manning, PC, Eugene, OR, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Adrian Lee Brown, Janice Elaine Hebert, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, DOJ-USAO, Portland, OR, for Defendant-Ap-pellee
Before: NELSON, TROTT, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2),

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jessica Harms appeals the district court's decision affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her application for supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Hill v. Astrue, 698 F.3d 1153, 1158 (9th Cir. 2012), and we affirm.
An .examining psychologist's and a reviewing psychologist's recommendations regarding a supportive work setting did not amount to concrete work-related limitations in function that the administrative law judge ("ALJ") was required to include in his finding of the claimant's residual functional capacity. See Valentine v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 574 F.3d 685, 691-92 (9th Cir. 2009) (holding that the ALJ properly excluded doctor's non-imperative recommendation from residual functional capacity).
The ALJ followed the required two-step analysis in finding that Harms's statements regarding her symptoms were "not entirely credible," and he provided a specific, clear and convincing reason by explaining that the claimant's testimony was contradicted in part by evidence of her activities of daily living. See Treichler v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 775 F.3d 1090, 1102 (9th Cir. 2014). Substantial evidence, including evidence of such activities as driving children to school and shopping, supports the ALJ's finding that Harms had the residual functional capacity to work in an environment with a limited amount of social interaction. See Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1113 (9th Cir. 2012) (holding that, in reaching a credibility determination, an ALJ may weigh inconsistencies between the claimant's testimony and her daily activities).
Any error in the ALJ's evaluation of a lay witness's statements was harmless. The lay statements described many of the same limitations as Harms's own testimony, and the ALJ's reason for rejecting the claimant's testimony—inconsistency with evidence of her activities of daily living— applies with equal force to the lay testimony. See id. at 1122.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.