Court Opinion

ID: 9877717
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-27 16:19:01.544573+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:47:26.666654
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McKEOWN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) offered specific, clear and convincing reasons supported by substantial evidence for rejecting Steven Smith’s testimony about his symptoms. See Garrison v. Colvin, 759 F.3d 995, 1014-15 (9th Cir. 2014). On that basis, the ALJ properly discounted the medical opinions to the extent they relied on Smith’s self-reporting. See Ghanim v. Colvin, 763 F.3d 1154, 1162 (9th Cir. 2014). I would affirm,