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A) Tj /F2 8.4 Tf 101.1 Tz .79 Tw (STRUE) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 1.2 Tw (,*) Tj 200.34 -1.8 Td (CV-02-00774-MEA) Tj -200.34 -11.4 Td (Commissioner of the Social) Tj 224.34 -6.6 Td (OPINION) Tj -224.34 -6.6 Td (Security Administration,) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz 75.024 -13.2 Td (Defendant-Appellee.) Tj /F3 20 Tf 100 Tz 106.596 -8.8 Td 1.6 Ts 2 Tw () Tj 0 Ts /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz -142.878 -26.2 Td 1.2 Tw (Appeal from the United States District Court) Tj 46.206 -13.2 Td (for the District of Arizona) Tj -44.268 -13.2 Td (Mark E. Aspey, Magistrate Judge, Presiding) Tj 35.514 -26.2 Td (Submitted August 17, 2007**) Tj 11.448 -13.2 Td (San Francisco, California) Tj 8.562 -26.2 Td (Filed March 10, 2008) Tj -76.974 -26.2 Td (Before: Harry) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (Pregerson, Eugene) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (E.) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (Siler,) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (Jr.,***) Tj ( and) Tj 58.008 -13.2 Td (Carlos) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (T.) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (Bea, Circuit) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw (Judges.) Tj 17.466 -26.2 Td (Opinion by Judge Bea) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 664.5 cm 0 G .9 w 0 -65.95 m 183.8 -65.95 l s 1.2 w 186.6 -116.9 m 186.6 -73.8 l s 1.2 w 186.6 -177 m 186.6 -133.9 l s .9 w 0 -183.95 m 183.3 -183.95 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 251.3 Tm /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 148.5 -1 Td 1.2 Tw 0 Tc () Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.2 Tw /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz -138.5 -26 Td .81 Tw (*Michael J. Astrue is substituted for his predecessor Jo Anne Barnhart) Tj -10 -11.2 Td 1.19 Tw (as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Fed. R. App. P.) Tj 0 -11.2 Td 1 Tw (43\(c\)\(2\). ) Tj 10 -14 Td 1.14 Tw (**The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without) Tj -10 -11.2 Td 1 Tw (oral argument. ) Tj /F4 10 Tf 100 Tz (See) Tj /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz ( Fed. R. App. P. 34\(a\)\(2\). ) Tj 10 -14 Td 1.94 Tw (***The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Senior United States Circuit) Tj -10 -11.2 Td 1 Tw (Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. ) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 251.3 cm 0 G .5 w 0 -12.75 m 300 -12.75 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 295 -664.5 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc (2241) Tj ET Q endstream endobj 5 0 obj 3185 endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 10 0 R /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R /F2 7 0 R /F3 8 0 R /F4 9 0 R >> /ProcSet 1 0 R >> /Contents 4 0 R >> endobj %%Page: 2 2 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R >> stream q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 Tm /F1 12 Tf 100 Tz 120.996 -27.6 Td 1.2 Tw 0 Tc (COUNSEL) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz -120.996 -26.2 Td 2.9 Tw (Mark Caldwell, Caldwell & Ober, P.L.L.C., Phoenix, Ari-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td 1.2 Tw (zona, for the plaintiff-appellant. ) Tj 0 -26.2 Td 1.28 Tw (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Paul K. Charl-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td .61 Tw (ton, ) Tj (United States Attorney; Lucille Gonzales Meis, Regional) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 cm 0 G .5 w 0 -8.15 m 300 -8.15 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 434 -136.5 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc (2243) Tj -168.1395 0 Td (S) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (HAFER) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 1.1 Tw ( v. A) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (STRUE) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts ET Q q 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 0 G .5 w 156 -140.25 m 456 -140.25 l s Q endstream endobj 13 0 obj 865 endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 10 0 R /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R /F2 7 0 R >> /ProcSet 1 0 R >> /Contents 12 0 R >> endobj %%Page: 3 3 15 0 obj << /Length 16 0 R >> stream q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 Tm /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -8.4 Td .94 Tw 0 Tc (Chief Counsel, Region IX; Theophous H. Reagans, Assistant) Tj 0 -13.4 Td 3.66 Tw (Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, for the) Tj 0 -13.4 Td 1.2 Tw (defendant-appellee.) Tj /F1 12 Tf 100 Tz 123.666 -44.7 Td (OPINION) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz -123.666 -26.5 Td (BEA, Circuit Judge: ) Tj 12 -26.5 Td 2.85 Tw (Patricia D. Shafer \() Tj (Shafer) Tj (\) appeals the district court's) Tj -12 -13.4 Td .93 Tw (order denying her motion for attorneys' fees under the Equal) Tj 0 -13.4 Td .27 Tw (Access to Justice Act \() Tj (EAJA) Tj (\), 28 U.S.C. ) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj .27 Tw (2412, in a social) Tj 0 -13.4 Td .53 Tw (security disability action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28) Tj 0 -13.4 Td .22 Tw (U.S.C. ) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj .22 Tw (1291. We hold the district court abused its discretion) Tj 0 -13.4 Td .24 Tw (in denying Shafer's motion because the government's defense) Tj 0 -13.4 Td 3.33 Tw (of the procedural errors in the administrative law judge's) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 5.21 Tw (opinion was not substantially justified. Accordingly, we) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .77 Tw (reverse the district court's order and remand for a determina-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.2 Tw (tion of the amount of attorneys' fees. ) Tj /F1 12 Tf 100 Tz 146.166 -26.4 Td (I.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz -134.166 -26.4 Td .77 Tw (Shafer was employed as an audit clerk for Hallmark Cards) Tj -12 -13.3 Td 2.62 Tw (for approximately 37 years. On February 14, 2000, Shafer) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .66 Tw (filed an application for social security disability benefits with) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 5 Tw (the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .94 Tw (\(Commissioner\). The Commissioner denied Shafer's appli-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 3.81 Tw (cation. Shafer then sought review of the Commissioner's) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.2 Tw (decision by an administrative law judge \() Tj (ALJ) Tj (\). ) Tj 12 -26.4 Td 2.46 Tw (After a hearing, the ALJ denied Shafer's application for) Tj -12 -13.3 Td 5.52 Tw (disability benefits. The ALJ found Shafer suffers from) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 2.4 Tw (asthma, migraine headaches, degenerative disc disease, and) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 2.78 Tw (gastroesophageal reflux disease. The ALJ concluded, how-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 3.63 Tw (ever, Shafer was not disabled within the meaning of the) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.3 Tw (Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. ) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.3 Tw (1381, ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (et seq.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (, because she) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 2.05 Tw (retained the residual functional capacity for sedentary work) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 cm 0 G .5 w 0 -60.25 m 300 -60.25 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 156 -136.5 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc (2244) Tj 109.8605 0 Td (S) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (HAFER) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 1.1 Tw ( v. A) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (STRUE) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts ET Q q 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 0 G .5 w 156 -140.25 m 456 -140.25 l s Q endstream endobj 16 0 obj 3091 endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 10 0 R /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R /F2 7 0 R /F4 9 0 R >> /ProcSet 1 0 R >> /Contents 15 0 R >> endobj %%Page: 4 4 18 0 obj << /Length 19 0 R >> stream q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 Tm /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -8.4 Td 1.7 Tw 0 Tc (and could perform her past relevant work as an audit clerk.) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .43 Tw (The Social Security Administration's Appeals Council denied) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .52 Tw (Shafer's request for review of the ALJ's decision, leaving the) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1 Tw (ALJ's decision to stand as the final decision of the Commis-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.2 Tw (sioner. ) Tj 12 -26.3 Td 1.28 Tw (The district court affirmed the ALJ's decision, and Shafer) Tj -12 -13.3 Td .9 Tw (appealed to this court. A panel of this court reversed the dis-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.3 Tw (trict court's decision and remanded the case to the Commis-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 3.04 Tw (sioner for further proceedings, holding the ALJ's decision) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .12 Tw (was ) Tj (infected) Tj ( with procedural errors. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (See Shafer v. Barnhart) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (,) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.47 Tw (120 F. App'x 688, 692 \(9th Cir. 2005\) \(unpublished memo-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 3.33 Tw (randum disposition\). Specifically, the court identified four) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.2 Tw (procedural errors. ) Tj 12 -26.3 Td .73 Tw (First, the court held the ALJ erred in rejecting Dr. Clifford) Tj -12 -13.2 Td .45 Tw (J. Harris, Jr.'s diagnoses. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (See id. ) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (at 692-94. Dr. Harris, a non-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td 1.14 Tw (examining medical expert, opined at the administrative hear-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td 2.71 Tw (ing Shafer suffers from ) Tj (anxiety and hyperventilation syn-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td 1.5 Tw (drome which, in turn, causes her to be `very fatigued.') Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1.5 Tw ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -13.2 Td 1.71 Tw (at 692. Nevertheless, the ALJ disregarded, without explana-) Tj 0 -13.2 Td .47 Tw (tion or further development of the record, ) Tj (that portion of Dr.) Tj 0 -13.2 Td .74 Tw (Harris'[s] opinion regarding anxiety induced hyperventilation) Tj 0 -13.2 Td 2.13 Tw (syndrome resulting in fatigue.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( at 693. 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Tj ( 20 C.F.R. ) Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj 1 Tw (404.1527\(d\). ) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 cm 0 G .5 w 0 -430.15 m 300 -430.15 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 434 -136.5 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc (2245) Tj -168.1395 0 Td (S) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (HAFER) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 1.1 Tw ( v. A) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (STRUE) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts ET Q q 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 0 G .5 w 156 -140.25 m 456 -140.25 l s Q endstream endobj 19 0 obj 4021 endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 10 0 R /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R /F2 7 0 R /F4 9 0 R /F5 20 0 R >> /ProcSet 1 0 R >> /Contents 18 0 R >> endobj %%Page: 5 5 22 0 obj << /Length 23 0 R >> stream q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 Tm /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -8.4 Td 2.83 Tw 0 Tc (Dr. Kirk Butler's opinion regarding Shafer's nonexertional) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.91 Tw (limitations. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( at 694-95. Dr. Butler opined Shafer ) Tj (suffers) Tj 0 -13.1 Td .24 Tw (from moderately severe impairments that frequently cause her) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.9 Tw (to experience deficiencies of concentration, persistence, and) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.5 Tw (pace which manifest themselves in failure to complete tasks) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2 Tw (in a timely manner.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( at 694. Mr. Nathan Dean, a voca-) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.28 Tw (tional expert, testified ) Tj (all work activity would be precluded) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.08 Tw (for an individual suffering from these impediments.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( The) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.33 Tw (ALJ rejected Dr. Butler's opinion because ) Tj (according to Dr.) Tj 0 -13.1 Td .5 Tw (Harris the limitations of Dr. Butler are not consistent with his) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 3.08 Tw (treatment notes and with the objective evidence of record) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.05 Tw (. . . . ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( This court held the ALJ's rejection of Dr. Butler's) Tj 0 -13.1 Td .75 Tw (opinion contravened governing law requiring the ALJ to pro-) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2.52 Tw (vide clear and convincing reasons supported by substantial) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2.66 Tw (evidence to reject the uncontroverted opinion of a treating) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.81 Tw (physician. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( \(citing ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Lester v. Chater) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (, 81 F.3d 821, 830-31) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.2 Tw (\(9th Cir. 1996\)\).) Tj 4.9 Ts /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz .5 Tw (3) Tj 0 Ts /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 1.2 Tw ( ) Tj 12 -26 Td 2.17 Tw (Third, the court held the ALJ erred in failing to provide) Tj -12 -13.1 Td .52 Tw (clear and convincing reasons for discrediting Shafer's subjec-) Tj 0 -13.1 Td .58 Tw (tive complaints. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( at 695-96. Shafer testified at the adminis-) Tj 0 -13.1 Td .33 Tw (trative hearing she was ) Tj (forced to lie down two to three hours) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.38 Tw (per day as a result of fatigue, and that she felt she could no) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.14 Tw (longer function at her job because of numerous daily cough-) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2.61 Tw (ing spells, stress-induced incontinence, and back pain.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -13.1 Td 4.41 Tw (The court agreed with the ALJ that Shafer's statements) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 3 Tw (regarding the impact of her impairments on her ability to) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2 Tw (work were ) Tj (not entirely credible.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id. ) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (at 696. Nevertheless,) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 2.67 Tw (the court held the ALJ committed legal error in failing to) Tj 0 -13.1 Td 1.75 Tw (specify which parts of Shafer's testimony were not credible) Tj /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz 10 -25.9 Td 4.1 Ts /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz .6 Tw (3) Tj 0 Ts /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz (The court noted the ALJ ) Tj (appears to have treated Dr. Butler's opinion) Tj -10 -11.1 Td .11 Tw (as controverted by the testimony of Dr. Harris, the non-examining medical) Tj 0 -11.1 Td .65 Tw (expert.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 10 Tf 100 Tz (Shafer) Tj /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz (, 120 F. App'x at 694. The court held, however, this treat-) Tj 0 -11.1 Td .95 Tw (ment was factually incorrect because Dr. Harris ) Tj (did not comment upon,) Tj 0 -11.1 Td 1.66 Tw (let alone contradict,) Tj ( Dr. Butler's assessment that Shafer's impairments) Tj 0 -11.2 Td .36 Tw (resulted in an inability to concentrate and complete tasks in a timely man-) Tj 0 -11.2 Td .77 Tw (ner. ) Tj /F4 10 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz ( at 695. Further, the ALJ failed to describe ) Tj (how or why Dr. But-) Tj 0 -11.2 Td 1 Tw (ler's treatment notes do not support his uncontroverted opinion.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 10 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 10 Tf 100 Tz ( ) Tj ET Q q 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 cm 0 G .5 w 0 -399.75 m 300 -399.75 l s Q q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 156 -136.5 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc (2246) Tj 109.8605 0 Td (S) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (HAFER) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 1.1 Tw ( v. A) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz .79 Tw (STRUE) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts ET Q q 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 0 G .5 w 156 -140.25 m 456 -140.25 l s Q endstream endobj 23 0 obj 4609 endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 10 0 R /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R /F2 7 0 R /F4 9 0 R /F5 20 0 R >> /ProcSet 1 0 R >> /Contents 22 0 R >> endobj %%Page: 6 6 25 0 obj << /Length 26 0 R >> stream q BT 0 Tr 0 g 1 0 0 1 156 643.5 Tm /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz 0 -8.4 Td 1.03 Tw 0 Tc (and what evidence in the record undermined such testimony.) 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Therefore, the only) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 3.28 Tw (question is whether the government's position in Shafer's) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .33 Tw (appeal from the ALJ's denial of social security disability ben-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.2 Tw (efits was ) Tj (substantially justified.) Tj ( ) Tj /F1 12 Tf 100 Tz 12 -26.4 Td .85 Tw ([2]) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( ) Tj () Tj 0 Tw ( ) Tj .85 Tw (`Substantial justification' under the EAJA means that) Tj -12 -13.3 Td .03 Tw (the government's position must have a reasonable basis in law) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .33 Tw (and fact.) Tj ( ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Corbin) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz (, 149 F.3d at 1052. ) Tj (The government's posi-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td 1.66 Tw (tion must be substantially justified at each stage of the pro-) Tj 0 -13.3 Td .47 Tw (ceedings. ) Tj /F4 12 Tf 100 Tz (Id.) Tj /F2 12 Tf 100 Tz ( \(citation and internal quotation marks omitted\).) 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