Case Name: Dorothy T. JOHNSON, 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: 2003-08-07
Citations: 71 F. App'x 344
Docket Number: No. 02-60436
Parties: Dorothy T. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 71
Pages: 344–345

Head Matter:
Dorothy T. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 02-60436
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 7, 2003.
Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dorothy T. Johnson appeals, pro se, the affirmance of the Social Security Commissioner's decision to terminate her disability insurance benefits and supplemental social security income. The Commissioner determined that, post-surgery Johnson had undergone medical improvement. See 42 U.S.C. § 423(f). Johnson contends this determination was not based upon substantial evidence. (Johnson also claims the Administrative Law Judge was not presented with a complete copy of her medical records. We decline to consider this claim because it is raised for the first time on appeal. See Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co., 183 F.3d 339, 342 (5th Cir.1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1138, 120 S.Ct. 982, 145 L.Ed.2d 932 (2000).)
Our review of the Commissioner's decision "is limited to determining whether that decision is supported by substantial evidence and whether the proper legal standards were applied". Ripley v. Chater, 67 F.3d 552, 555 (5th Cir.1995). "Substantial evidence is more than a scintilla, less than a preponderance, and is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." Martinez v. Chater, 64 F.3d 172, 173 (5th Cir.1995) (internal quotations and citations omitted).
Johnson's contentions are unavailing. There was substantial evidence to support the Commissioner's medical improvement decision.
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.