Butler v. Social Security Administration

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
ROBERT LEROY BUTLER, )
)
Plaintiff, )
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v. )
) Case No. 24-cv-368-GAG-DES
FRANK J. BISIGNANO, )
Commissioner of the Social )
Security Administration, )
)
Defendant. )
ORDER
The undersigned has reviewed the administrative record (Docket No. 10), as well as the
parties’ respective briefs (Docket Nos. 12, 15), report & recommendation (Docket No. 16), as well
as the objection and reply thereto (Docket Nos. 17, 18).
I conclude that the appealed agency decision is indeed supported by substantial evidence
of record. See Noreja v. Soc. Sec. Comm’r, 952 F. 3d 1172, 1177 (10th Cir. 2020). In doing so I
am cognizant that my role does not allow me to reweigh the evidence nor apply my own judgment
over that of the administrative law judge (ALJ). Id. at 1178.
Plaintiff posits that the ALJ erred in evaluating the opinions of medical sources and in
considering his obesity. Here, I concur with Magistrate Judge Snow that the ALJ followed the
proper legal disability framework throughout the sequential five step evaluation process.
Accordingly, I hereby ADOPT in its entirety the detailed reasoning in Judge Snow’s Report
& Recommendation (Docket No. 16). The Commissioner’s decision finding plaintiff not disabled
is thus AFFIRMED. Judgment shall be entered accordingly.
So Ordered.
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/s/ Gustavo A. Gelpí ______________
GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Sitting by designation
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