UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-2451
MICHAEL A. CHURCH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. Glen M. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CA-02-98-2)
Submitted: June 28, 2004 Decided: July 26, 2004
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph E. Wolfe, WOLFE, WILLIAMS & RUTHERFORD, Norton, Virginia,
for Appellant. Patricia M. Smith, Acting Regional Chief Counsel,
Region III, Dina White Griffin, Assistant Regional Counsel,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John L. Brownlee, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Michael A. Church appeals the district court’s order
affirming the Commissioner’s denial of disability insurance
benefits and supplemental security income. We must uphold the
decision to deny benefits if the decision is supported by
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 record and the briefs and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons
stated by the district court. Church v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No.
CA-02-98-2 (W.D. Va. Oct. 30, 2003). 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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