Kenneth Case v. Michael Astrue

Filing 920080911

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1018

KENNETH M. CASE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant - Appellee, and SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD, Party in Interest.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. Bruce H. Hendricks, Magistrate Judge. (8:06-cv-02293-BHH)

Submitted:

July 31, 2008

Decided:

September 11, 2008

Before WILKINSON, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard J. Paul, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Kevin F. McDonald, Acting United States Attorney, Marvin J. Caughman, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina; Robert L. Van Saghi, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Deana R. Ertl-Lombardi, Regional Chief Counsel, Yvette G. Keesee, Deputy

Regional Chief Counsel, Thomas S. Inman, Counsel, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee.

Assistant

Regional

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Kenneth M. Case appeals the magistrate judge's order affirming the Commissioner's decision to deny disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.* decision to deny benefits if the We must uphold the is supported by

decision

substantial evidence and the correct law was applied.

See 42

U.S.C. § 405(g) (2000); Craig v. Chater, 76 F.3d 585, 589 (4th Cir. 1996). We have thoroughly reviewed the parties' briefs,

administrative record, and the materials submitted in the joint appendix, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm.

See Case v. Astrue, No. 8:06-cv-02293-BHH (D.S.C. Oct. 1, 2007). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000). - 3 -

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