Laishley v. Astrue

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-2128

CONNIE J. LAISHLEY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Maurice G. Taylor, Jr., Magistrate Judge. (3:05-cv-00714)

Submitted: April 30, 2008 Decided: July 21, 2008

Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Connie J. Laishley, Appellant Pro Se. Heather Benderson, Michael McGaughran, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kelly Rixner Curry, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Connie J. Laishley appeals the magistrate judge’s order

affirming the Commissioner’s denial of disability insurance

benefits and supplemental security income.* We must uphold the

decision to deny benefits if the decision is supported by

substantial evidence and the correct law was applied. See 42

U.S.C. § 405(g) (2000); Craig v. Chater, 76 F.3d 585, 589 (4th Cir.

1996). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate

judge. See Laishley v. Astrue, No. 3:05-cv-00714 (S.D. W. Va.

Sept. 4, 2007). We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

* The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000).