UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1456
FRANCIS M. RUSSELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. James P. Jones, District
Judge. (CA-99-20-2)
Submitted: September 29, 2000 Decided: October 12, 2000
Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Vernon M. Williams, S. Scott Baker, WOLFE & FARMER, Norton, Vir-
ginia, for Appellant. James A. Winn, Regional Chief Counsel, Re-
gion III, Patricia M. Smith, Deputy Chief Counsel, Lori Karimoto,
Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISSTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Robert P.
Crouch, Jr., United States Attorney, Julie C. Dudley, Assistant
United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Francis M. Russell appeals the district court’s order granting
summary judgment to the Commissioner in this action challenging the
denial of Russell’s application for supplemental security income.
We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion
accepting the report of the magistrate judge and find no reversible
error. Specifically, we find that the ALJ was under no obligation
to inquire into whether Russell was disabled under 20 C.F.R. Part
404, Subpart B, App. 1, § 12.05(C) (2000). We further find that
the ALJ appropriately applied the medical-vocational guidelines in
finding that Russell was not disabled. We therefore affirm on the
reasoning of the district court. See Russell v. Apfel, No. CA-99-
20-2 (W.D. Va. Mar. 31, 2000). 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
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