Simmons v. Social Security Administration

Filing 17

ORDER affirming the decision of the Commissioner. The complaint is dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Beth Deere on 1/16/2015. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
JEREMY SIMMONS
V.

PLAINTIFF
NO. 3:14CV80-BD

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner,
Social Security Administration

DEFENDANT

ORDER
For the reasons stated more fully on the record at the oral argument hearing held
on January 15, 2015, the court makes the following ruling:
There is substantial evidence on the record as a whole to support the
Commissioner’s decision denying benefits in this case. The ALJ’s decision finds
adequate support in the record as to Mr. Simmons’s intellectual functioning, including
opinions of a consulting psychologist and a State agency reviewing psychologist and no
acceptable medical source opinion to the contrary. And the record, when read as a whole,
supports the ALJ’s conclusion that Mr. Simmons could perform sedentary work with
limitations to account for his back pain, morbid obesity, and personality disorders.
Furthermore, the Commissioner’s decision is not based on legal error.
The Commissioner’s decision is hereby affirmed. The Complaint is dismissed
with prejudice.
So ordered, this 16th day of January, 2015.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE