Case Name: Gloria RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-21
Citations: 108 F. App'x 657
Docket Number: No. 04-1330
Parties: Gloria RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant, Appellee.
Judges: Before SELYA, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 108
Pages: 657–658

Head Matter:
Gloria RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant, Appellee.
No. 04-1330.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Sept. 21, 2004.
Salvador Medina de la Cruz on brief for appellant.
H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, Lisa E. Bhatia, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Robert J. Triba, Regional Chief Counsel, and Lisa G. Smoller, Assistant Regional Counsel, on brief for appellee.
Before SELYA, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After carefully considering the record and briefs on appeal, we affirm the judgment.
The appellant essentially argues that the ALJ should have consulted a vocational expert before concluding that she was not disabled, given her mental impairment. Under Ortiz v. Sec'y. Health and Human Services, 890 F.2d 520, 526 (1st Cir.1989), however, the ALJ could rely on the Grid alone if her mental limitations were adequately accommodated by relegating her to unskilled work. Given the record, the ALJ could reasonably conclude that she could perform unskilled work. Se e Rodriguez v. Sec'y. of Health and Human Servs., 647 F.2d 218, 222 (1st Cir.1981).
Affirmed. 1st Cir. Rule 27(c).