The following excerpt is from Hernandez v. Colvin, Case No. 1:13-cv-00694-BAM (E.D. Cal. 2014):
C.F.R. 404.1594(b)(5); see Cleveland v. Policy Mgmt. Sys. Corp., 526 U.S. 795, 804 (1999) (sequential process embodies "presumptions about disabilities, job availability, and their interrelation" which "grow out of the need to administer a large benefits system efficiently").
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