Leroy Yates v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1213
LEROY YATES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Charles B. Day, Magistrate Judge. (CA-99-
1178-DKC)
Submitted: August 29, 2000 Decided: September 26, 2000
Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stephen F. Shea, WILLONER, CALABRESE & ROSEN, P.A., College Park,
Maryland, for Appellant. Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attor-
ney, Allen F. Loucks, Assistant United States Attorney, Arthur J.
Fried, General Counsel, Charlotte J. Hardnett, Principal Deputy
General Counsel, John M. Sacchetti, Associate General Counsel,
Frieda Schlemeyer Colfelt, Office of the General Counsel, SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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* The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate
judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) (1994).
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PER CURIAM:
Leroy Yates appeals from the magistrate judge’s order * grant-
ing summary judgment to the Commissioner of Social Security on his
claim for disability benefits. Having reviewed the briefs and the
administrative record, we find that substantial evidence supported
the Administrative Law Judge’s decision denying benefits. Accord-
ingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Yates
v. Apfel, No. CA-99-1178-DKC (D. Md. Dec. 15, 1999). 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

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