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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1509 ANGELA D. GOSNELL, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge. (9:15-cv-04271-TMC) Submitted: January 31, 2018 Decided: February 8, 2018 Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curi
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1509 ANGELA D. GOSNELL, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge. (9:15-cv-04271-TMC) Submitted: January 31, 2018 Decided: February 8, 2018 Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curia..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-1509
ANGELA D. GOSNELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Beaufort. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge. (9:15-cv-04271-TMC)
Submitted: January 31, 2018 Decided: February 8, 2018
Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dana W. Duncan, DUNCAN DISABILITY LAW, S.C., Nekoosa, Wisconsin, for
Appellant. Nora Koch, Regional Chief Counsel, Brian O’Donnell, Deputy Regional
Chief Counsel, Quinn Niblack Doggett, Special Assistant United States Attorney,
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Angela D. Gosnell appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate
judge’s recommendation and upholding the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of
Gosnell’s application for supplemental security income. “In social security proceedings,
a court of appeals applies the same standard of review as does the district court. That is,
a reviewing court must uphold the determination when an ALJ has applied correct legal
standards and the ALJ’s factual findings are supported by substantial evidence.”
Brown v. Comm’r Soc. Sec. Admin.,
873 F.3d 251, 267 (4th Cir. 2017) (citation and
internal quotation marks omitted). “Substantial evidence is that which a reasonable mind
might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. It consists of more than a mere
scintilla of evidence but may be less than a preponderance.” Pearson v. Colvin,
810 F.3d
204, 207 (4th Cir. 2015) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). “In reviewing
for substantial evidence, we do not undertake to reweigh conflicting evidence, make
credibility determinations, or substitute our judgment for that of the ALJ. Where
conflicting evidence allows reasonable minds to differ as to whether a claimant is
disabled, the responsibility for that decision falls on the ALJ.” Hancock v. Astrue,
667
F.3d 470, 472 (4th Cir. 2012) (brackets, citation, and internal quotation marks omitted).
We have reviewed the record and perceive no reversible error. The ALJ applied
the correct legal standards in evaluating Gosnell’s claim for benefits, and the ALJ’s
factual findings are supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm the
district court’s judgment upholding the denial of benefits. See Gosnell v. Berryhill, No.
9:15-cv-04271-TMC (D.S.C. Feb. 23, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because
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the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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