UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-1257
DONALD RAY COTTMAN,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant – Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Beth P. Gesner, Magistrate Judge.
(1:08-cv-01753-BPG)
Submitted: October 28, 2010 Decided: November 9, 2010
Before WILKINSON and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Donald Ray Cottman, Appellant Pro Se. Allen F. Loucks,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Donald Ray Cottman appeals the magistrate judge’s
order affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny Cottman a
period of disability and disability insurance benefits. * We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge. See
Cottman v. Astrue, No. 1:08-cv-01753-BPG (D. Md. Dec. 9, 2009).
To the extent Cottman raises new claims on appeal, it is well
settled that issues raised for the first time on appeal
generally are not considered by this court. See Muth v. United
States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993) (holding that issues
raised for the first time on appeal are generally waived absent
exceptional circumstances). 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
*
The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate
judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2006).
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