February 4, 1993
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 92-1414
CARMEN RODRIGUEZ-OQUENDO,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges.
Raymond Rivera Esteves and Juan A. Hernandez Rivera on brief for
appellant.
Daniel F. Lopez Romo, United States Attorney, Jose Vazquez
Garcia, Assistant United States Attorney, and Amy S. Knopf, Assistant
Regional Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, on brief
for appellee.
Per Curiam We have carefully reviewed the
record and find that substantial evidence supports the
finding that the claimant retained the physical and mental
capacity to perform the simple, routine, light, unskilled
jobs as determined by the Secretary. We reject the
claimant's attacks on the Secretary's assessment of the
vocational expert's testimony, and conclude that the
Secretary's decision to deny disability benefits is
reasonably and adequately supported by the record as a whole.
We affirm the judgment of the district court substantially
for the reasons stated in the magistrate-judge's report and
recommendation as adopted by the district court.
Affirmed.