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Parties Involved:
Carolyn W. Colvin
Appellee
Irene Hitchens
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1066

IRENE HITCHENS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (7:13-cv-00040-FL)

Submitted: November 30, 2015 Decided: December 29, 2015

Before WILKINSON and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Lee Davis, III, Lumberton, North Carolina, for 

Appellant. Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, R.A. 

Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, David N. Mervis, 

Special Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North 

Carolina, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Irene Hitchens appeals the district court’s order adopting 

the magistrate judge’s recommendation and upholding the 

Commissioner’s denial of Hitchens’ applications for disability 

benefits and supplemental security income. Our review of the 

Commissioner’s determination is limited to evaluating whether 

the findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether 

the correct law was applied. See Mascio v. Colvin, 780 F.3d 

632, 634 (4th Cir. 2015). 

We have thoroughly reviewed the parties’ briefs, the 

administrative record, and the joint appendix, and we discern no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s 

judgment. Hitchens v. Colvin, No. 7:13-cv-00040-FL (E.D.N.C. 

Dec. 9, 2014). 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

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