Lamont Aukland v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

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• “Substantial evidence is more than a 15 || mere scintilla, but less than a preponderance.’’
• citations and 23 24 8 The Court addresses the claims in a different order than presented by Plaintiff. 1 internal quotation marks omitted
• “[T]he Commissioner has expressly stated that a person who is unable 9 to sit for prolonged periods of time is incapable of engaging in the full range of 10 sedentary work.”
• “most sedentary jobs 18 require sitting for most or all of the day.”
• “[T]he Commissioner has ruled that in circumstances such as Aukland’s, where a claimant is only qualified for unskilled jobs and is unable to sit for prolonged periods, the services of a vocational expert are required.” (citing SSR 83-12)

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