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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

15-20052

Summary Calendar

MICHAEL BRYAN SMITH,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:12-CV-3290

Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Bryan Smith appeals the District Court’s 

December 12, 2014 Order Adopting Magistrate’s Memorandum and 

Recommendation and Dismissing Case, in which that court approved and 

adopted the Memorandum and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and 

overruled Smith’s objections thereto. That Memorandum and 

Recommendation patiently and painstakingly sets out, over the course of 20 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

June 3, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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pages, the factual background and the legal reasoning for granting DefendantAppellee’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, affirming the May 11, 2011 

holding of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that Plaintiff-Appellant was 

not disabled for purposes of the applicable sections of the Social Security Act 

through December 31, 2010, the last date insured. Barring the grant of a writ 

of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court, this court will be the last of 

four fora to consider Smith’s original and appellate claims.

We have carefully reviewed the record on appeal, including the briefs 

and record excerpts of the parties, paying special attention to the ALJ’s 

decision, the Magistrate Judge’s Memorandum and Recommendation, and the 

district court’s adoption thereof. As a result of our review, we are satisfied 

that, given the deferential standards of review applicable in this Social 

Security case to the ALJ’s determinations and to the proceedings and holdings

in the district court, all rulings before us on appeal are free of reversible error 

and are hereby

AFFIRMED.

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