Case Name: Raymond ABADIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-09-13
Citations: 200 F. App'x 297
Docket Number: No. 06-30121
Parties: Raymond ABADIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 200
Pages: 297–298

Head Matter:
Raymond ABADIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 06-30121
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 13, 2006.
Edward Joseph Cloos, III, Law Offices of Edward J. Cloos III, Covington, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Kathryn Weekley Becnel, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Raymond Abadie appeals the district court's decision affirming the Commissioner's denial of social security disability benefits. Reviewing the record under the same standard as the district court, we vacate and remand to the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ").
The ALJ's decision does not reflect any consideration of the December 11, 2003 opinion letter of Dr. Razza, a treating spe cialist. The ALJ was not required to accept Dr. Razza's opinions, but was required to consider them, and if he chose to reject them, to explain what conflicting evidence informed his choice and conduct the analysis required by Newton v. Apfel, 209 F.3d 448, 453 (5th Cir.2000) and 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527(d)(2). Beasley v. Barnhart, 191 Fed.Appx. 331, 335-36 (5th Cir.2006). The ALJ failed to do so.
VACATED and REMANDED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.