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Martinez v. Saul

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 30, 2019
No. 18-1376 (4th Cir. Aug. 30, 2019)

Summary

reviewing and affirming RFC precluding production rate pace required in assembly line work

Summary of this case from O'Keefe v. Saul

Opinion

No. 18-1376

08-30-2019

TAMMY A. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant - Appellee.

Dana W. Duncan, DUNCAN DISABILITY LAW, S.C., Nekoosa, Wisconsin, for Appellant. R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney, Gill Beck, Assistant United States Attorney, David Mervis, Special Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Max O. Cogburn, Jr., District Judge. (3:17-cv-00186-MOC) Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Dana W. Duncan, DUNCAN DISABILITY LAW, S.C., Nekoosa, Wisconsin, for Appellant. R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney, Gill Beck, Assistant United States Attorney, David Mervis, Special Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Tammy A. Martinez appeals the district court's order upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) denial of Martinez'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 Martinez'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. See Martinez v. Berryhill, No. 3:17-cv-00186-MOC (W.D.N.C. Feb. 5, 2018). We dispense with oral 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


Summaries of

Martinez v. Saul

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 30, 2019
No. 18-1376 (4th Cir. Aug. 30, 2019)

reviewing and affirming RFC precluding production rate pace required in assembly line work

Summary of this case from O'Keefe v. Saul
Case details for

Martinez v. Saul

Case Details

Full title:TAMMY A. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Aug 30, 2019

Citations

No. 18-1376 (4th Cir. Aug. 30, 2019)

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