United States v. Theola Blackmon

1The Honorable Charles B. Kornmann, United States District Judge for the
District of South Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable
John E. Simko, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Dakota.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 09-3666
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Sandy Grodzin, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* District of South Dakota.
Michael J. Astrue, *
Commissioner of Social Security, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: April 21, 2010
Filed: April 28, 2010
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Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Sandy Grodzin appeals the district court’s 1 order affirming the denial of
widow’s insurance benefits. We grant Grodzin leave to appeal in forma pauperis.
Having carefully reviewed the record, see Wildman v Astrue, 596 F.3d 959, 963-64
(8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review), we agree with the district court that the decision

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at issue here is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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