Case Name: Ronald A. DERISE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linda S. McMAHON, Acting U.S. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-03-13
Citations: 222 F. App'x 419
Docket Number: No. 06-31071
Parties: Ronald A. DERISE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linda S. McMAHON, Acting U.S. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 222
Pages: 419–420

Head Matter:
Ronald A. DERISE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linda S. McMAHON, Acting U.S. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 06-31071
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 13, 2007.
Joseph R. Oelkers, III, Acadiana Legal Service Corp., Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
John A. Broadwell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Ronald Derise appeals the denial of his claim for Social Security disability benefits. We affirm for the reasons given by Magistrate Judge Wilson in his thorough report, as adopted by the district court.
Our review is limited to determining whether the Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence and free of legal error. Jones v. Apfel, 174 F.3d 692, 693 (5th Cir.1999). Ronald Derise is blind in his right eye and can no longer work as a truck driver. Relying on a vocational expert, the ALJ determined that there are a significant number of jobs in the national economy that he can still perform. Derise urges that the ALJ improperly relied upon the vocational expert's testimony because that testimony was flawed, having failed to list any specifically available jobs as required by SSR 85-15. Yet Derise does not explain how this procedural impropriety casts doubt on the existence of substantial evidence or otherwise effects his substantial rights.
"Procedural perfection in administrative proceedings is not required. This court will not vacate a judgment unless the substantial rights of a party have been affected." Mays v. Bowen, 837 F.2d 1362, 1364 (5th Cir.1988). Such procedural improprieties "constitute a basis for remand only if such improprieties would cast into doubt the existence of substantial evidence to support the ALJ's decision." Morris v. Bowen, 864 F.2d 333, 335 (5th Cir.1988). Derise has not cast doubt upon the ALJ's decision. 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.