Case Name: Patricia HART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry G. MASSANARI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-09-24
Citations: 20 F. App'x 668
Docket Number: No. 99-56472; D.C. No. CV-97-02082 TJH(ANx)
Parties: Patricia HART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry G. MASSANARI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 20
Pages: 668–669

Head Matter:
Patricia HART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry G. MASSANARI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 99-56472.
D.C. No. CV-97-02082 TJH(ANx).
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 5, 2001.
Decided Sept. 24, 2001.
Before KOZINSKI and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and ZAPATA, District Judge.
Larry G. Massanari is substituted for his predecessor, Kenneth Apfel, as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Frank R. Zapata, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Multiple medical reports concluded that Hart's limitations did not preclude her from engaging in light work. These amount to substantial evidence supporting the ALJ's determination that Hart could perform her past relevant work as a telemarketing supervisor. See Miller v. Heckler, 770 F.2d 845, 848-49 (9th Cir.1985). Nor did the ALJ err in discrediting Hart's subjective allegations of pain. The ALJ found that Hart's daily activities and failure to follow her doctor's advice were inconsistent with her complaints of pain; these were adequate reasons for the ALJ to discredit her testimony. See Fair v. Bowen, 885 F.2d 597, 603-04 (9th Cir. 1989).
Because HALLEX is an internal manual with no legal force, we reject Hart's contention that the ALJ's failure to adhere to the procedures therein constitutes denial of a fair hearing. See Moore v. Apfel, 216 F.3d 864, 868-69 (9th Cir. 2000). The record contained substantial medical evidence prior to the introduction of the post-hearing reports, and the ALJ relied on this evidence in making his findings. Because the record was fully and fairly developed even without the additional reports, any error that may have resulted from Hart's inability to comment on those reports was harmless. See Booz v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 734 F.2d 1378, 1380 (9th Cir.1984) (where an ALJ engaged in an unnecessary exercise, any error that may have occurred as a result is harmless).
AFFIRMED.
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