Case Name: Joseph YOUNG, 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: 2004-12-30
Citations: 118 F. App'x 862
Docket Number: No. 04-20445
Parties: Joseph YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 118
Pages: 862–862

Head Matter:
Joseph YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-20445.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 30, 2004.
Joseph Young, Houston, TX, pro se.
Tasha W. Stevenson, Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Joseph Young appeals the district court's decision affirming the denial of his application for disabled widower's insurance benefits. Young has also filed motions to subpoena medical records and to appoint a private investigator.
Young has failed to address the district court's determination that the Commissioner of Social Security's decision was supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, this claim is deemed abandoned. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987). Further, this court may not consider Young's claim that city, county, and state officials knowingly withheld relevant medical records because this claim was not presented to the district court. See Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co., 183 F.3d 339, 342 (5th Cir.1999). Finally, Young's allegations of conspiracy, discrimination, and torture are not relevant to the district court's review of his disabled widower's claim. Accordingly, the district court's judgment is AFFIRMED. Young's motions to subpoena medical records and to appoint a private investigator are DENIED.
AFFIRMED; MOTIONS DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.