UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 98-50092
Summary Calendar
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ANNA M. CUELLAR,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER
OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
(SA-97-CV-422)
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February 26, 1999
Before WIENER, BARKSDALE, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Anna M. Cuellar appeals the district court’s judgment
affirming the denial of her application for supplemental security
income benefits. She contends that the Administrative Law Judge
(ALJ) erred by making a credibility assessment regarding her
subjective complaints; that the ALJ posed an inadequate
hypothetical question to the vocational expert; and that the
Commissioner’s determination was not supported by substantial
evidence.
Because Cuellar failed to exhaust her administrative remedies
by raising before the Appeals Council in her request for review of
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
the ALJ’s decision, her contention regarding the hypothetical
question, we lack jurisdiction to review that issue. Paul v.
Shalala, 29 F.3d 208, 210 (5th Cir. 1994); see also 20 C.F.R. §
416.1400(b).
As for the remaining issues, and pursuant to our review of the
record, we find no reversible error.
AFFIRMED
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