Lawton v. Social Security Administration

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-2257
REATHA B. LAWTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District
Judge. (CA-03-664-REP)
Submitted: June 30, 2006 Decided: July 24, 2006
Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Reatha B. Lawton, Appellant Pro Se. Mary Hannah Lauck, Tara Louise
Casey, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Reatha B. Lawton appeals the district court’s order
accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation and granting
summary judgment for the Commissioner on Lawton’s claim that the
Administrative Law Judge improperly determined the onset date of
her disability as January 20, 2001, and not September 28, 1999. We
must uphold the decision if the decision is supported by
substantial evidence and the correct law was applied. See 42
U.S.C. § 405(g) (2000); Craig v. Chater, 76 F.3d 585, 589 (4th Cir.
1996); see also Villa v. Heckler, 797 F.2d 794, 796 (9th Cir. 1986)
(noting that the question is whether the chosen onset date is
supported by substantial evidence, not whether an earlier date
could have been supported). We have reviewed the record and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated
by the district court. See Lawton v. Social Security Admin., No.
CA-03-664-REP (E.D. Va. Sept. 20, 2005). We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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