Damien Echols v. State of Arkansas

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• holding that if evidence exists to support more than one rational interpretation, the court is bound to uphold the ALJ’s findings
• holding that any error the ALJ committed in asserting one 18 impermissible reason for claimant’s lack of credibility did not negate the validity of 19 the ALJ’s ultimate conclusion that the claimant’s testimony was not credible
• stating that the court may affirm an ALJ’s overall credibility conclusion even when not all of the ALJ’s reasons are upheld
• holding harmless ALJ’s partial reliance on assump- tion record did not support where ALJ gave numerous other record-supported reasons for adverse credibility finding
• discussing that treatment notes are to be considered along 19 with opinion
• upholding the ALJ’s rejection of the plaintiff’s testimony because some, though not all, of the ALJ’s reasons were valid

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