GARRISON v. COLVIN

No. 12-15103.

759 F.3d 995 (2014)

Karen S. GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Caldwell , Caldwell & Ober, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Laura H. Holland (argued), Special Assistant United States Attorney, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Denver, CO; John S. Leonardo , United States Attorney, Michael A. Johns , Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorneys' Office, Phoenix, AZ; John Jay Lee (of counsel), Regional Chief Counsel, Region VIII, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: JEROME FARRIS, STEPHEN REINHARDT, and A. WALLACE TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Karen Garrison appeals from a denial of Social Security benefits, arguing that the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") erred in rejecting her symptom testimony and in assigning little weight to the opinions of her treating medical caretakers. In a decision that the Commissioner does not contest, the district court determined that the ALJ erred in assessing the medical opinion evidence...

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