Case Name: Dalton L. CHASE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1987-06-18
Citations: 820 F.2d 671
Docket Number: No. 86-3059
Parties: Dalton L. CHASE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before WINTER, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and DOUMAR, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 820
Pages: 671–674

Head Matter:
Dalton L. CHASE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 86-3059.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued Nov. 11, 1986.
Decided June 18, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 5,1987.
Robert Gordon Skeen (Harry Goldman, Jr., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.
William Edmund Wilkin, Office of General Counsel, Social Security Div. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Larry D. Adams, Asst. U.S. Atty., Donald A. Gonya, Chief Counsel for Social Security, Randolph W. Gaines, Deputy Chief Counsel for Social Security Litigation, A. George Lowe, Chief, Disability Litigation Branch, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellee.
Before WINTER, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and DOUMAR, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM;
The plaintiff appeals the denial of social security benefits. His insured status under the Social Security Act ended on December 31, 1981. After extensive hearings the Administrative Law Judge found that the plaintiff had failed to establish disability under the Act prior to the termination of his coverage on December 31, 1981. Such recommendation was adopted and approved by the Appeals Council. The plaintiff sought review of that final administrative decision in the district court. The cause was properly referred to the United States Magistrate, who, after examining the testimony and the medical records of the plaintiff concluded that the Secretary's decision that the plaintiff "was not continuously precluded from engaging in gainful activity for a continuous twelve month interval between November 3, 1978 and the expiration of his period of disability insured status on December 31, 1981" was supported by substantial evidence and he accordingly sustained the Secretary's decision denying benefits.
On review of the record, we agree, and accordingly affirm the decision of the district court upholding the denial of benefits herein.
AFFIRMED.