Filed: May 16, 2019
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-2472 CATHLENA JENKINS BRIGHT, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (6:17-cv-01431-CMC) Submitted: May 9, 2019 Decided: May 16, 2019 Before AGEE and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-2472 CATHLENA JENKINS BRIGHT, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (6:17-cv-01431-CMC) Submitted: May 9, 2019 Decided: May 16, 2019 Before AGEE and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed b..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-2472
CATHLENA JENKINS BRIGHT,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Greenville. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (6:17-cv-01431-CMC)
Submitted: May 9, 2019 Decided: May 16, 2019
Before AGEE and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Cathlena Jenkins Bright, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Cathlena Jenkins Bright appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate
judge’s recommendation and upholding the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of
Bright’s applications for disability insurance benefits and 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 Bright’s claims 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. We dispense with oral
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argument because 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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