UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-1770 ARCHIE T. BOONE, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus WILLIAM A. HALTER, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Durham. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., Chief District Judge. (CA-99-857-1) Submitted: December 27, 2001 Decided: January 15, 2002 Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Michael B. Sosna, PERRY, ANTHONY & SOSNA, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, for Appellant. Benjamin H. White, United States Attorn- ey, Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mary Ann Sloan, Regional Chief Counsel, Dennis R. Williams, Deputy Regional Chief Counsel, Nadine DeLuca Elder, Assistant Regional Counsel, Brian C. Huberty, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Archie T. Boone appeals the district court’s order upholding the denial of his application for disability benefits and sup- plemental security income. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magis- trate judge and find no reversible error. The ALJ did not abrogate his duty to advise Boone of the availability of representation.* Nor did the ALJ fail to assist Boone, a pro se claimant, in developing the record. Finally, substantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s decision. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Boone v. Halter, No. CA-99-857-1 (M.D.N.C. Apr. 26, 2001). 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 * To the extent that the Commissioner failed to follow procedures set forth in his Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law Manual, we find that Boone failed to show prejudice resulting from rigorous adherence to those procedures. 2