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Parties Involved:
Michael J. Astrue
Appellee
Jennie D. Rhodes
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Court Judge for the

Eastern District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable Lewis M. Blanton, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District

of Missouri. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-3215

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Jennie D. Rhodes, *

*

Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of *

Social Security, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: May 6, 2010

Filed: May 12, 2010

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Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jennie Rhodes appeals from the order of the District Court1

 affirming the Social

Security Commissioner’s decision—issued after a hearing before an administrative

law judge (ALJ) and consistent with the ALJ’s decision—denying Rhodes’s May

2005 application for supplemental security income. Following careful de novo

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review, see Halpin v. Shalala, 999 F.2d 342, 345–46 (8th Cir. 1993) (explaining that

court of appeals reviews mixed questions of law and fact de novo, even where

claimant failed to object to the magistrate judge's factual findings), we conclude that

the Commissioner’s decision is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a

whole, see Tilley v. Astrue, 580 F.3d 675, 679 (8th Cir. 2009) (noting that affirmance

is warranted where the ALJ’s decision is supported by substantial evidence on the

record as a whole). 

Accordingly, we affirm.

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