Kimberly Lee v. Commissioner of the SSA

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:14-cv-01356-JMC. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency [999826163]. Mailed to: Kimberly Lee. [15-2402]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2402

KIMBERLY LEE, on behalf of KJL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Orangeburg.
J. Michelle Childs, District
Judge. (5:14-cv-01356-JMC)

Submitted:

April 29, 2016

Decided:

May 18, 2016

Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kimberly Lee, Appellant Pro Se. Marshall Prince, II, Assistant
United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Kimberly Lee, on behalf of her minor daughter KJL, appeals
the

district

recommendation

court’s
and

order

accepting

affirming

the

supplemental security income (SSI). *
and

find

no

reversible

error.

the

magistrate

Commissioner’s

judge’s

denial

of

We have reviewed the record
Accordingly,

we

affirm

substantially for the reasons stated by the district court.

Lee

v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., No. 5:14-cv-01356-JMC (D.S.C.
Sept. 28, 2015).
facts

and

materials

legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the
contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.
AFFIRMED

*

Although we previously have recognized “that non-attorney
parents generally may not litigate the claims of their minor
children in federal court,” Myers v. Loudoun Cty. Pub. Sch., 418
F.3d 395, 401 (4th Cir. 2005), we conclude that Lee is
authorized to litigate KJL’s claims in the circumstances
presented by this appeal from the administrative denial of SSI
benefits, see Adams ex rel. D.J.W. v. Astrue, 659 F.3d 1297,
1301 (10th Cir. 2011); Machadio v. Apfel, 276 F.3d 103, 107 (2d
Cir. 2002); Harris v. Apfel, 209 F.3d 413, 417 (5th Cir. 2000).

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