Williams v. Comm Social Security, No. 06-5250 (6th Cir. 2006)

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 06a0781n.06 Filed: October 19, 2006 No. 06-5250 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ALLEN F. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee. BEFORE: ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE MEMORANDUM OPINION KEITH and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; and CLELAND, District Judge.* PER CURIAM. Allen F. Williams appeals the district court s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner ), affirming the Commissioner s decision to deny Williams s application for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. The parties waived oral argument on appeal. We must affirm the Commissioner s conclusions absent a determination that the Commissioner has failed to apply the correct legal standards or has made findings of fact unsupported by substantial evidence in the record. Longworth v. Comm r of Soc. Sec., 402 F.3d 591, 595 (6th Cir. 2005) (citations omitted); see also 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) ( The findings of the Commissioner of Social Security as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be * The Honorable Robert H. Cleland, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation. No. 06-5250 Williams v. Comm r of Soc. Sec. conclusive . . . . ). Having carefully considered the record on appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we conclude that the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards in arriving at a decision supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm summary judgment for the Commissioner for the reasons stated more fully in the district court s memorandum opinion filed on January 11, 2006. -2-

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