UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-2520
PATRICIA A. SMALLS,
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 Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(CA-03-1573-4-27BH)
Submitted: June 30, 2005 Decided: July 28, 2005
Before LUTTIG, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John S. Nichols, BLUESTEIN & NICHOLS, LLC, Columbia, South
Carolina, for Appellant. Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney
General, Jonathan S. Gasser, Acting United States Attorney, Marvin
J. Caughman, Assistant United States Attorney, Deana R. Ertl-
Lombardi, Regional Chief Counsel, William T. Dawson, Assistant
Regional Counsel, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Patricia A. Smalls appeals the district court’s order
accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to affirm the
Commissioner’s denial of disability insurance benefits. 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 materials submitted in the
joint appendix, the parties’ briefs, and the district court’s
order, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for
the reasons stated by the district court. See Smalls v. Barnhart,
No. CA-03-1573-4-27BH (D.S.C. filed Sept. 27, 2004 & entered Sept.
28, 2004). 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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