Sharee Harrell v. Andrew Saul, No. 19-3002 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Benton, Wollman and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. The denial of benefits was supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole; the court would defer to the ALJ's credibility determination and claimant did not meet her burden of demonstrating more limitations that those included in the ALJ's residual functional capacity determination. [ April 23, 2020 ]
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-3002 ___________________________ Sharee Harrell lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Administration lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro ____________ Submitted: April 21, 2020 Filed: April 24, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BENTON, WOLLMAN, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Sharee Harrell appeals following the district court’s1 affirmance of a decision denying her disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. We agree with the district court that substantial evidence in the record as a whole supports the Commissioner’s decision. See Swink v. Saul, 931 F.3d 765, 769 (8th Cir. 2019) (de novo review). Specifically, we defer to the ALJ’s credibility determination, see id. at 771 (this court will not substitute its opinion for ALJ’s, who is in better position to gauge credibility and resolve conflicting evidence); and we find that Harrell did not meet her burden of demonstrating more limitations than those included in the ALJ’s residual functional capacity (RFC) determination, 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 Brian S. Miller, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Beth Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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