Kent v. Apfel, Commissioner ( 2000 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1357
BOBBIE KENT, SR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Durham. Frank W. Bullock, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-98-582-1)
Submitted: August 30, 2000 Decided: September 6, 2000
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bobbie Kent, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Gill Paul Beck, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina; John Carl
Stoner, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Atlanta, Georgia; Ushma
Vishnu Narvil, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Atlanta, Georgia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Bobbie Kent, Sr., appeals the district court’s order finding
that the Commissioner’s denial of disability benefits was supported
by substantial evidence. We have reviewed the record and the dis-
trict court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magis-
trate judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm
on the reasoning of the district court. See Kent v. Apfel, No. CA-
98-582-1 (M.D.N.C. Jan. 27, 2000). We decline to address the
issues contained in Kent’s informal brief because he failed to
raise these issues in the district court. See Bregman, Berbert &
Schwartz, L.L.C. v. United States, 145 F.3d 664, 670 n.8 (4th Cir.
1998). 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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