Lee v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-2402
KIMBERLY LEE, on behalf of KJL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Orangeburg. J. Michelle Childs, District
Judge. (5:14-cv-01356-JMC)
Submitted: April 29, 2016 Decided: May 18, 2016
Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kimberly Lee, Appellant Pro Se. Marshall Prince, II, Assistant
United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kimberly Lee, on behalf of her minor daughter KJL, appeals
the district court’s order accepting the magistrate judge’s
recommendation and affirming the Commissioner’s denial of
supplemental security income (SSI). * We have reviewed the record
and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm
substantially for the reasons stated by the district court. Lee
v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., No. 5:14-cv-01356-JMC (D.S.C.
Sept. 28, 2015). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
*Although we previously have recognized “that non-attorney
parents generally may not litigate the claims of their minor
children in federal court,” Myers v. Loudoun Cty. Pub. Sch., 418
F.3d 395, 401 (4th Cir. 2005), we conclude that Lee is
authorized to litigate KJL’s claims in the circumstances
presented by this appeal from the administrative denial of SSI
benefits, see Adams ex rel. D.J.W. v. Astrue, 659 F.3d 1297,
1301 (10th Cir. 2011); Machadio v. Apfel, 276 F.3d 103, 107 (2d
Cir. 2002); Harris v. Apfel, 209 F.3d 413, 417 (5th Cir. 2000).
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