UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-1603
ALBERT B. HAGER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Huntington. Robert J. Staker, Senior
District Judge. (CA-96-331-3)
Submitted: April 30, 1998 Decided: May 21, 1998
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Albert B. Hager, Appellant Pro Se. Anne von Scheven, SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Albert B. Hager appeals the district court's order granting
the Appellee's motion for summary judgment in his claim for dis-
ability benefits. We have reviewed the record and the district
court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate
judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the
reasoning of the district court. Hager v. Apfel, No. CA-96-331-3
(S.D.W. Va. Apr. 11, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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