UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-2417
WILLIAM G. PARKS,
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 Beckley. Mary S. Feinberg, Magistrate
Judge. (CA-97-900-5)
Submitted: April 6, 1999 Decided: April 23, 1999
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Carmen S. Rasmussen, Sophia, West Virginia, for Appellant. James
A. Winn, Chief Counsel, Region III, Patricia M. Smith, Deputy Chief
Counsel, Connie Hoffman-Healey, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office
of the General Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania; Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney,
Stephen M. Horn, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West
Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
William Parks appeals the magistrate judge’s order granting
the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment in this action seek-
ing disability benefits.* We have reviewed the record and the mag-
istrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. See Parks v.
Apfel, No. CA-97-900-5 (S.D.W. Va., Aug. 21, 1998). Because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process, we dispense with oral argument and grant Parks’ motion to
submit this appeal on the briefs.
AFFIRMED
*
The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate
judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(2) (1994).
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