UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-1933
ARTHUR W. MASSEY,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Max O. Cogburn, Jr.,
District Judge. (3:12-cv-00385-MOC)
Submitted: November 21, 2013 Decided: November 25, 2013
Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Arthur W. Massey, Appellant Pro Se. Hugh Dun Rappaport, SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Arthur W. Massey appeals the district court order
upholding the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision finding
Massey ineligible for Social Security Income (SSI) payments as
of September 2009, because he acquired non-home real properties
that increased his creditable resources above the limit for SSI
eligibility. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we affirm substantially for the reasons
stated by the district court. * Massey v. Colvin, No.
3:12-cv-00385-MOC (W.D.N.C. July 17, 2013). We deny Massey’s
motion to reinstate SSI payments. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
*
While Massey appears to assert on appeal that the agency
improperly refused to approve a plan to achieve self-support
(“PASS”) that would allow him to exclude the challenged
properties from his resources determination, Massey did not
fairly raise this issue before the district court, where he
argued that he had received the properties as part of a PASS.
See Muth v. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993)
(declining to consider issues raised for first time on appeal
absent exceptional circumstances). In any event, the record
provides no indication that Massey ever submitted a PASS to the
Social Security Administration or that he meets the requirements
to qualify for a PASS. See 20 C.F.R. § 416.1226 (2013)
(requirements for PASS).
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