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Terry REGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee, and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
    No. 13-2251.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: June 26, 2014.
    Decided: July 22, 2014.
    William Lee Davis, III, Lumberton, North Carolina, for Appellant. Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, R.A. Renter, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Todd J. Lewellen, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Before WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
   Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Terry Regan appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to affirm, as supported by substantial evidence, the Social Security Administration Appeals Council s decision to adopt the Administrative Law Judge’s denial of Regan’s applications for disability benefits. Our review of the Commissioner’s disability determination is limited to evaluating whether the findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether the correct law was applied. See Johnson v. Barnhart, 434 F.3d 650, 653 (4th Cir.2005). “Substantial evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). We do not reweigh evidence or make credibility determinations in evaluating whether a decision is supported by substantial evidence; “[w]here conflicting evidence allows reasonable minds to differ as to whether a claimant is disabled,” we defer to the Commissioner’s decision. Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).

Against this framework, we have thoroughly reviewed the parties’ briefs, the administrative record, and the materials submitted in the joint appendix, and we discern no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. See Regan v. Colvin, No. 7:12-cv-00136-D (E.D.N.C. Sept. 17, 2013). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.