___________ No. 94-4109 ___________ Nellie Branscum, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas.

Shirley S. Chater,* * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: April 3, 1996 Filed: April 19, 1996 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Nellie Branscum appeals the district court's1 decision affirming the Commissioner's denial of disability insurance benefits. The administrative law judge ended the analysis of Branscum's claim at the second step of the five-step analysis, concluding that Branscum did not have a severe impairment that significantly limited her physical or mental ability to do basic work activities before her insured status ended on June 30, 1983.

See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c) (1995). Upon careful review of the

*As of March 31, 1995, the Social Security Administration became an independent agency from the Department of Health and Human Services. Therefore, the court has substituted Shirley S. Chater for Donna E. Shalala pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c).

The Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). record, we conclude substantial evidence is present to support the Commissioner's decision, and an extended discussion is not warranted. The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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