Case Name: Melissa CUDWORTH, on behalf of her minor child, K.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-07
Citations: 605 F. App'x 77
Docket Number: No. 14-3712-cv
Parties: Melissa CUDWORTH, on behalf of her minor child, K.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Present: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 605
Pages: 77–78

Head Matter:
Melissa CUDWORTH, on behalf of her minor child, K.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 14-3712-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 7, 2015.
Mark A. Schneider, Plattsburgh, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Elizabeth D. Rothstein, Special Assistant, United States Attorney (Stephen P. Conte, Regional Chief Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, on the brief), for Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.
Present: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED.
Plaintiff Melissa Cudworth, on behalf of her minor child K.D., appeals from the District Court's September 29, 2014 judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her claim for supplemental security income. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.
"When deciding an appeal from a denial of disability benefits, we focus on the administrative ruling rather than the district court's opinion." McIntyre v. Colvin, 758 F.3d 146, 149 (2d Cir.2014) (internal quotation marks omitted). "We conduct a plenary review of the administrative record to determine if there is substantial evidence, considering the record as a whole, to support the Commissioner's decision and if the correct legal standards have been applied." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). "Substantial evidence" is "more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 401, 91 S.Ct. 1420, 28 L.Ed.2d 842 (1971) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Upon review of the record and relevant law, we conclude that the Commissioner properly denied plaintiffs claim for supplemental security income, substantially for the reasons stated in the thorough and well-reasoned March 23, 2012 decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"). Substantial evidence in the record supports the ALJ's finding that K.D. has less than "marked" limitations in the functional equivalence domains of acquiring and using information and health and physical well-being. See generally 20 C.F.R. § 416.926a(b)(l) (listing six domains of functioning); id. § 416.926a(e)(2) (defining "marked" limitation). Substantial evidence also supports the ALJ's finding that K.D. has no limitation in the remaining domains of attending and completing tasks, interacting and relating with others, moving about and manipulating objects, and caring for herself.
Furthermore, we discern no legal error in, and substantial evidence supports, the ALJ's assessment of KD.'s mother's credibility and weighing of KD.'s treating and consulting physicians' opinions. See Halloran v. Barnhart, 362 F.3d 28, 32 (2d Cir.2004) ("[T]he opinion of the treating physician is not afforded controlling weight where, as here, the treating physician issued opinions that are not consistent with other substantial evidence in the record, such as the opinions of other medical experts."); Aponte v: Sec'y, Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 728 F.2d 588, 591 (2d Cir.1984) ("It is the function of the [Commissioner], not [the reviewing courts], to resolve evidentiary conflicts and to appraise the credibility of witnesses, including the claimant." (second alteration in original; internal quotation marks omitted)).
Accordingly, in view of the record of the whole, substantial evidence supports the Commissioner's determinations that K.D does not have " 'marked' limitations in two domains of functioning or an 'extreme' limitation in one domain" and that, as a result, she is not disabled for purposes of the Social Security Act. 20 C.F.R. § 416.926a(a); see also 20 C.F.R. § 416.924(d).
CONCLUSION
We have considered all of the arguments raised by plaintiff on appeal and find them to be without merit. For the reasons stated above, we AFFIRM the District Court's September 29, 2014 judgment.