The following excerpt is from Lord v. Colvin, Case No.: 15cv669-BEN(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
Apfel, 240 F.3d 1157, 1162 (9th Cir. 2001). "In determining whether the Commissioner's findings are supported by substantial evidence, we must consider the evidence as a whole, weighing both the evidence that supports and the evidence that detracts from the Commissioner's conclusion." Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1279 (9th Cir. 1996).
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