Maureen Thomas v. Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

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• holding that a claimant’s failure “to give maximum or consistent effort during two physical capacity evaluations” supported the ALJ’s adverse credibility finding
• holding that 12 ALJ permissibly rejected “check-off reports that did not contain any explanation of the 13 bases of their conclusions”
• holding that inconsistencies between subjective complaints and 23 objective medical evidence is a clear and convincing reason for discounting claimant’s 24 testimony
• holding that 10 inconsistencies between subjective complaints and objective medical evidence is a clear 11 and convincing reason for discounting claimant’s testimony
• holding that a claimant’s failure to give “maximum or consistent effort” during physical capacity 4 examinations was a “compelling” reason to reject her testimony
• holding that inconsistencies between subjective complaints and 2 objective medical evidence is a clear and convincing reason for discounting claimant’s 3 testimony

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