Case Name: Kelvin Paul WELLS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security; Social Security Administration, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-11
Citations: 127 F. App'x 717
Docket Number: No. 04-30630
Parties: Kelvin Paul WELLS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security; Social Security Administration, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 127
Pages: 717–718

Head Matter:
Kelvin Paul WELLS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security; Social Security Administration, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-30630.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided April 11, 2005.
Kelvin Paul Wells, Sr, Baton Rouge, LA, pro se.
Gregory E. White, Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kelvin Paul Wells appeals the district court's judgment granting the Commissioner of Social Security's (the Commissioner's) motion to remand his petition for review of the Commissioner's denial of disability and supplemental security income benefits. The Commissioner moved the district court to reverse the agency decision and to remand the matter for further administrative proceedings to obtain further findings concerning Wells' alleged mental impairment.
Wells argues that the evidence is sufficient to support the immediate award of benefits and that the Commissioner should be sanctioned for engaging in abusive litigation practices and violating his right to equal protection and due process.
The record does not reflect any basis for imposing sanctions against the Commissioner. The administrative law judge (ALJ) failed to make findings with respect to Wells' mental impairment as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520a. The record contains inconsistencies and unresolved issues that preclude an immediate award of benefits. "Conflicts in the evidence are for the [Commissioner] and not the courts to resolve." Newton v. Apfel, 209 F.3d 448, 452 (5th Cir.2000) (internal quotations and citation omitted).
Therefore, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.