The following excerpt is from Cranmer v. Colvin, No. 2:13-cv-900-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2014):
"Without affirmative evidence showing that the claimant is malingering, the Commissioner's reasons for rejecting the claimant's testimony must be clear and convincing." Morgan v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 169 F.3d 595, 599 (9th Cir. 1999).
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