United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 98-2482 ___________

Robert Stofiel, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of * Social Security, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________

Submitted: January 14, 1999 Filed: January 28, 1999 ___________

Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and VIETOR,1 District Judge. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Robert Stofiel appeals the decision of the District Court affirming the Commissioner's denial of Stofiel's applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits. Having carefully considered the appeal, we conclude that no error of law appears and that the denial of benefits is supported by substantial evidence on the administrative record as a whole. Because an opinion by

1 The Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, sitting by designation. this Court would lack precedential value, the judgment of the District Court is, without further discussion, affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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