Judith S. Bastian v. Stephen M. Kennedy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ALJ’s credibility determinations are “entitled to deference, especially when supported by specific findings,” and will be upheld when “their adequacy is supported by substantial evidence”
• ALJ permitted to consider evidence from a prior denial to determine whether claimant is disabled at time of current application
• “Although more express findings, regarding head pain and credibility, than those given here are preferable, we have examined the entire record and their adequacy is supported by substantial evidence”
• “Although more express findings, regarding head pain and credibility, than those given here are preferable, we have examined the entire record and their adequacy is supported by substantial evidence.”
• “It is sounder practice to determine whether there is any 19 reasonable likelihood that plaintiffs can construct a claim before forcing the parties to 20 undergo the expense of discovery”
• “[t]he credibility determination by the ALJ, who observed the claimant, evaluated his demeanor, and considered how that testimony fit in with the rest of the evidence, is entitled to deference, especially when supported by specific findings”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).