Prior v. Chater, Commissioner, (4th Cir. 1999)

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-2187 CAROL L. PRIOR, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-

trict of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. Glen E. Conrad, Magistrate

Judge. (CA-96-213-B)

Submitted: January 29, 1999 Decided: June 22, 1999

Before WIDENER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Carol L. Prior, Appellant Pro Se. David Stephen Wiedner, SOCIAL

SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Julie C. Dudley, Assistant United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c) (1994). 2 We note that Prior submitted to this court medical reports prepared subsequent to the district court’s final judgment and

order. We find that the reports do not constitute material new

evidence and thus no remand is warranted. See

U.S.C. § 405(g) (1994); Wilkins v. Secretary, Dep’t of Health & Human Servs.

, 953 F.2d 93, 95-96 (4th Cir. 1991). 2 PER CURIAM:

Carol L. Prior appeals the magistrate judge’s order granting

the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment, and affirming the

Commissioner’s decision denying disability insurance benefits and

supplementary security income. 1 We have reviewed the record and the magistrate judge’s opinion and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the magistrate judge. 2 See

Prior v. Apfel

, No. CA-96-213-B (W.D. Va. Mar. 19, 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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