United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 20-1036 ___________________________

Todd Alden Brown

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport ____________

Submitted: November 2, 2020 Filed: December 7, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BENTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Todd Alden Brown appeals the district court’s1 order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits. After de novo review of the record, see Lawrence v. Saul, 970 F.3d 989, 994-95 (8th Cir. 2020) (this court affirms the denial of benefits if substantial evidence supports Commissioner’s decision), and careful consideration of Brown’s challenge to the administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) residual function capacity (RFC) findings, we conclude that Brown failed to meet his burden of showing a more restrictive RFC, see Perks v. Astrue, 687 F.3d 1086, 1092 (8th Cir. 2012) (burden of persuasion to demonstrate RFC and prove disability remains on claimant). The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Celeste F. Bremer, United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.

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