Case Name: Christopher DEAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-15
Citations: 583 F. App'x 645
Docket Number: No. 13-35153
Parties: Christopher DEAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, PAEZ, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 645–646

Head Matter:
Christopher DEAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-35153.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 10, 2014.
Filed July 15, 2014.
Tim Wilborn, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Adrian Lee Brown, Assistant U.S., Portland, OR, David Burdett, Special Assistant U.S., Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: PREGERSON, PAEZ, and WATFORD, 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
Christopher Dean ("Dean") appeals the district court's judgment affirming the decision of the administrative law judge ("AL J") denying his application for disabil ity benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The ALJ did not err in finding that Dean's impairments did not meet or equal Listing 1.04B. There is no objective medical evidence that Dean's spinal arachnoidi-tis was "manifested by severe burning or painful dysesthesia, resulting in the need for changes in position or posture more than once every 2 hours." 20 C.F.R. § 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1, Listing 1.04B. The only evidence of severe burning or painful dysesthesia resulting in the need for changes in position or posture more than once every two hours is Dean's own discredited testimony and the testimony of his wife, to which the ALJ gave little weight. The ALJ's determination is thus supported by substantial evidence. See Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d 625, 630 (9th Cir.2007).
The ALJ did not err in giving little weight to Dean's wife's testimony. The ALJ properly considered Ms. Dean's testimony, but gave germane reasons that are supported by substantial evidence for disregarding it. See Nguyen v. Chater, 100 F.3d 1462, 1467 (9th Cir.1996). Moreover, we will uphold the ALJ's decision "[wjhere evidence is susceptible to more than one rational interpretation." Orn, 495 F.3d at 630.
The ALJ's hypothetical question to the vocational expert included all of Dean's medically determinable limitations. See Embrey v. Bowen, 849 F.2d 418, 422 (9th Cir.1988) (the ALJ must pose a hypothetical question to the vocational expert that "set[s] out all the limitations and restrictions of the particular claimant, including, for example, pain and an inability to lift certain weights"). Dean contends that the ALJ failed to include in the hypothetical limitations related to Dean's plantar fasci-itis, his alleged inability to sit or stand for more than a few minutes at a time, and limitations described by Ms. Dean. The medical evidence does not support Dean's contentions, however, and the ALJ properly rejected Dean's and Ms. Dean's subjective testimonies. Because the hypothetical question "contained all of the limitations that the ALJ found credible and supported by substantial evidence in the record," it was proper. Bayliss v. Barnhart, 427 F.3d 1211, 1217 (9th Cir.2005).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.