UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-2213

RUSSELL E. BLANKENSHIP, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Richard Mark Gergel, District Judge. (9:09-cv-01332-RMG)

Submitted: March 23, 2011 Decided: March 31, 2011

Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Russell E. Blankenship, Appellant Pro Se. Marvin Jennings Caughman, Beth Drake, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, Jessica Milano, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Russell E. Blankenship appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny Blankenship a period of disability and 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) (2006); Johnson v. Barnhart, 434 F.3d 650, 653 (4th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). We have thoroughly reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Blankenship v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., No. 9:09-cv- 01332-RMG (D.S.C. Sept. 22, 2010). 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