UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1467
ROBERT J. MCCORMICK,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
Administration,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Robert B. Jones,
Jr., Magistrate Judge. (7:13-cv-00234-RJ)
Submitted: March 31, 2016 Decided: May 2, 2016
Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Lee Davis, III, Lumberton, North Carolina, for
Appellant. Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, R.A.
Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Elisa F. Donohoe,
Special Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Robert J. McCormick appeals the magistrate judge’s order
upholding the Commissioner’s denial of McCormick’s applications
for disability benefits and supplemental security income. Our
review of the Commissioner’s determination is limited to
evaluating whether the findings are supported by substantial
evidence and whether the correct law was applied. See Mascio v.
Colvin, 780 F.3d 632, 634 (4th Cir. 2015). “Substantial
evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might
accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” Johnson v.
Barnhart, 434 F.3d 650, 653 (4th Cir. 2005) (internal quotation
marks omitted). We do not reweigh evidence or make credibility
determinations in evaluating whether a decision is supported by
substantial evidence; “[w]here conflicting evidence allows
reasonable minds to differ as to whether a claimant is
disabled,” we defer to the Commissioner’s decision. Id.
(internal quotation marks omitted).
Against this framework, we have thoroughly reviewed the
parties’ briefs, the administrative record, and the joint
appendix, and we discern no reversible error. Accordingly, we
affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge. ∗
∗ The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the
magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2012).
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McCormick v. Colvin, No. 7:13-cv-00234-RJ (E.D.N.C. Mar. 31,
2015). 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
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