Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security, 201 F. App'x 345 (6th Cir. 2006)

Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Allen F. Williams appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”), affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny Williams’s application for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. The parties waived oral argument on appeal.

We “must affirm the Commissioner’s conclusions absent a determination that the Commissioner has failed to apply the correct legal standards or has made findings of fact unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.” Longworth v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 402 F.3d 591, 595 (6th Cir. 2005) (citations omitted); see also 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (“The findings of the Commissioner of Social Security as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive----”). Having carefully considered the record on appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we conclude that the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards in arriving at a decision supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm summary judgment for the Commissioner for the reasons stated more fully in the district court’s memorandum opinion filed on January 11, 2006.

Reference

Full Case Name
Allen F. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee
Status
Unpublished