Case Name: Maria QUESADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-05
Citations: 510 F. App'x 651
Docket Number: No. 11-57059
Parties: Maria QUESADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: HUG, FARRIS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 510
Pages: 651–652

Head Matter:
Maria QUESADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-57059.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 22, 2013.
Filed March 5, 2013.
Thomas Garrett Roche, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Thomas C. Stahl, Chief Counsel, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, Patrick William Snyder, Esquire, SSA-Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: HUG, FARRIS, and LEAVY, 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
Maria Quesada appeals the district court's judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Berry v. Astrue, 622 F.3d 1228, 1231 (9th Cir.2010), and we affirm.
Substantial evidence supports the Administrative Law Judge's ("ALJ") rejection of the treating physicians' opinions because the examining physicians' independent clinical findings differed from the treating physicians' findings and the medical expert's testimony undermined the treating physicians' conclusions. See Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d 625, 632 (9th Cir.2007) ("[W]hen an examining physician provides independent clinical finding that differ from the findings of the treating physician, such findings are substantial evidence." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715, 726 (9th Cir.1998) (consistency of treating physician's report with other medical findings is a legitimate basis for evaluating report's reliability).
The ALJ provided clear and convincing reasons, supported by substantial evidence, for determining that Quesada was not credible. See Tonapetyan v. Halter, 242 F.3d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir.2001) (the claimant's tendency to exaggerate is a legitimate consideration in determining credibility). The ALJ's reliance on the incorrectly dated discogram was harmless error, because the ALJ's remaining reasons for finding Quesada not credible constitute substantial evidence supporting the finding. See Carmickle v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 533 F.3d 1155, 1162-63 (9th Cir.2008).
The ALJ did not err in relying on the testimony of the vocational expert to conclude that Quesada could perform jobs that exist in significant numbers in the national economy because the ALJ asked the vocational expert to identify any conflicts with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles ("DOT") and the vocational expert's statement that her testimony was in conformance with the DOT is supported by the record. See Massachi v. Astrue, 486 F.3d 1149, 1153 (9th Cir.2007).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.