Todd Brown v. Andrew Saul, No. 20-1036 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Benton, Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. The Commissioner did not err in denying benefits as claimant failed to meet his burden of showing a more restrictive Residual Functional Capacity.
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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Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport ____________ Submitted: November 2, 2020 Filed: December 7, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BENTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.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. -2-
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