Patricia A. Bentley v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1801
PATRICIA A. BENTLEY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. Pamela Meade Sargent,
Magistrate Judge. (CA-04-92)
Submitted: May 31, 2006 Decided: June 13, 2006
Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Roger W. Rutherford, Norton, Virginia, for Appellant. Donna L.
Calvert, Regional Chief Counsel, Region III, Taryn F. Jasner,
Assistant Regional Counsel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John L.
Brownlee, United States Attorney, Julie C. Dudley, Assistant United
States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000).
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PER CURIAM:
Patricia A. Bentley appeals the magistrate judge’s order
affirming the Commissioner’s denial of 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) (2000); Craig v. Chater, 76
F.3d 585, 589 (4th Cir. 1996). We have thoroughly reviewed the
administrative record and the parties’ briefs and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by
the magistrate judge. See Bentley v. Barnhart, No. CA-04-92 (W.D.
Va. July 6, 2005). 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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