[NOT FOR PUBLICATION–NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 00-1368 JO-ANN ALBANESE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND [Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge]

Before Selya, Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

Jo-Ann Albanese on brief pro se.

Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, Robin E. Feder, Assistant United States Attorney, and Wayne G. Lewis, Assistant Regional Counsel, on brief for appellee.

December 27, 2000 Per Curiam. After carefully considering the briefs and record on appeal, we affirm the Commissioner’s decision for substantially the reasons stated in the opinions below.

The claimant did not provide medical evidence documenting that she had a disabling impairment prior to May 27, 1998. 20 C.F.R. § 416.908. She may have suffered a serious impairment, but that is not enough to establish entitlement to disability benefits. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.905, 416.912.

Affirmed. Loc. R. 27(c).

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