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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Appellee
Jerry W Hudgens
Appellant

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

April 23, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-31021

Summary Calendar

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JERRY W HUDGENS

Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

JO ANNE B BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Louisiana

USDC No. 00-CV-31-M1

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Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and WIENER, Circuit

Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jerry W. Hudgens appeals a judgement affirming the

Commissioner of Social Security’s determination that Hudgens is

not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. 

Hudgens argues that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) applied

the wrong legal standard and that the decision is contrary to the

evidence. It is undisputed that Hudgens is currently disabled;

however, his application for disability benefits was denied on

the basis that he failed to establish that the disability existed

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on December 31, 1991, the date that his insured status under the

Social Security Act expired.

The ALJ applied the correct legal standard, and substantial

evidence from medical records compiled by Hudgens’ treating

physician supports the ALJ’s finding that Hudgens was capable of

at least light work on the date that his insured status expired. 

Ripley v. Chater, 67 F.3d 552, 555 (5th Cir. 1995); Greenspan v.

Shalala, 38 F.3d 232, 237 (5th Cir. 1994). The decision of the

district court affirming the Commissioner’s decision is AFFIRMED.

AFFIRMED.

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