Cauthen v. Barnhart

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Cauthen v. Barnhart

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 01-60431 Summary Calendar

LISA O. CAUTHEN,

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 Mississippi USDC No. 3:00-CV-298 ------------------------------------------------------ January 22, 2002 Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

Lisa O. Cauthen appeals the district court's judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social

Security's denial of disability benefits. She argues that the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ")

erroneously failed to accord great weight to the opinions of her treating physicians. She also argues

that the ALJ relied on a hypothetical question posed to a vocational expert which did not incorporate

all of her disabilities.

We conclude that there were evidentiary conflicts in the medical records properly resolvable

by the ALJ and that the ALJ showed good cause for not giving controlling weight to the treating

physicians' opinions. See Newton v. Apfel,

209 F.3d 448, 455-56

(5th Cir. 2000); Greenspan v.

Shalala,

38 F.3d 232, 237

(5th Cir. 1994). We also conclude that the ALJ's hypothetical reasonably

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. included all of the disabilities recognized by the ALJ and was not defective. See Bowling v. Shalala,

36 F.3d 431, 435

(5th Cir. 1994); Morris v. Bowen,

864 F.2d 333, 336

(5th Cir. 1988).

AFFIRMED.

Reference

Status
Unpublished