UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-1056

EDMOND D. STEPHENS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Robert C. Chambers, District Judge. (CA-04-575-3)

Submitted: May 24, 2006 Decided: October 2, 2006

Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

J. T. Meisel, Huntington, West Virginia, for Appellant. Donna L. Calvert, Regional Chief Counsel, William B. Reeser, Supervisory Regional Counsel, Stephen T. Giacchino, Assistant Regional Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charles T. Miller, Acting United States Attorney, Fred B. Westfall, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Edmond D. Stephens appeals the district court’s order

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting

the Commissioner’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and

affirming the Commissioner’s order denying Social Security

benefits. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the

district court. See Stephens v. Barnhart, No. CA-04-575-3 (S.D. W.

Va. Sept. 28, 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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