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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE

MICHAEL STRATTON, Plaintiff v. JO ANNE B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant

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Docket No. 03-223-B-W

REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION1

This Social Security Disability ("SSD") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") appeal raises the question whether the administrative law judge's evaluation of the plaintiff's credibility met the standards imposed by applicable regulations and the commissioner's rulings. Concluding that it did, I recommend that the commissioner's decision be affirmed. In accordance with the commissioner's sequential evaluation process, 20 C.F.R.

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