Clarke v. Barnhart

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-2456 BRENDA C. CLARKE, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District Judge. (CA-01-2007-6-20) Submitted: March 28, 2002 Decided: May 9, 2002 Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Susan J. Firimonte, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellant. Robert D. McCallum, Assistant Attorney General, J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, John B. Grimball, Assistant United States Attorney, Deana R. Ertl-Lombardi, Chief Counsel, Region VII, Thomas S. Inman, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Brenda C. Clarke appeals the district court’s order rejecting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and upholding the Administrative Law Judge’s denial of claims for Supplemental Security Income. We affirm. We must uphold the decision to deny disability benefits if the decision is supported by substantial evidence and the correct law was applied. See 42 U.S.C.A. § 405(g) (West Supp. 2001); Craig v. Chater, 76 F.3d 585, 589 (4th Cir. 1996). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s order and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Clarke v. Barnhart, No. CA-01-2007-6-20 (D.S.C. Nov. 2, 2001). 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 2