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Parties Involved:
Isiah Billingsley
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

MIDDLE DIVISION

Isiah Billingsley,

Plaintiff,

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-G-2368-M

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The plaintiff, Isiah Billingsley, brings this action seeking judicial review of

a final adverse decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the

Commissioner) denying his application for Social Security Benefits. Isiah Billingsley

filed an application for Social Security Benefits. Thereafter, plaintiff timely pursued and

exhausted the administrative remedies available before the Commissioner. Accordingly,

this case is now ripe for judicial review pursuant to the provisions of section 205(g) of

the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

The sole function of this court is to determine whether the decision of the

Commissioner is supported by substantial evidence and whether proper legal standards

were applied. Bloodsworth v. Heckler, 703 F.2d 1233, 1239 (11th Cir. 1983). To that

FILED

 2010 May-11 PM 03:08

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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end this court “must scrutinize the record as a whole to determine if the decision reached

is reasonable and supported by substantial evidence.” Bloodsworth, at 1239 (citations

omitted). Substantial evidence is “such relevant evidence as a reasonable person would

accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” Bloodsworth, at 1239. The court has

carefully reviewed the entire record in this case and is of the opinion that the

Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence and that proper legal

standards were applied in reaching that decision. Accordingly, the decision of the

Commissioner must be affirmed.

A separate order in conformity with this memorandum opinion will be

entered.

DONE and ORDERED 11 May 2010.

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

J. FOY GUIN, JR.

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