McKeever v. Commissioner of Social Security

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: March 15, 2011
• Docket: 10-1648
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-1648

NOVELLA J. MCKEEVER,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief District Judge. (3:09-cv-00339-JRS)

Submitted: February 10, 2011 Decided: March 15, 2011

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Charles Henry Cuthbert, Jr., CUTHBERT LAW OFFICES, Petersburg, Virginia, for Appellant. Eric Kressman, Regional Chief Counsel, Stephen Giacchino, Supervisory Attorney, Ameenah Lloyd, Assistant Regional Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney, Robin Perrin Meier, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Novella J. McKeever appeals the district court’s

order affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny McKeever a

period of disability and disability insurance benefits. 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) (2006); Johnson v. Barnhart,

434 F.3d 650, 653 (4th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). We have

thoroughly reviewed the parties’ briefs, the administrative

record, and the materials submitted in the joint appendix, and

we find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm. See

McKeever v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 3:09-cv-00339-JRS (E.D. Va.

April 14, 2010). 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