The following excerpt is from Gandara v. Berryhill, No. 2:16-cv-01191 AC (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The court reviews the record as a whole, "weighing both the evidence that supports and the evidence that detracts from the Commissioner's conclusion." Rounds v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 807 F.3d 996, 1002 (9th Cir. 2015); Attmore v. Colvin, 827 F.3d 872, 875 (9th Cir. 2016) ("[w]e cannot affirm ...'simply by isolating a specific quantum of supporting evidence'").
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