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EDNA K. NAPIER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 7, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Caeden Sehested, Julie Atkins, OLINSKY LAW GROUP, Syracuse, New York, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Frank D. Tankard, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Cheryl Morgan, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Judge(s): BATCHELDER, BUSH, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington.

BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judge. After the Social Security Administration denied her application for disability insurance benefits, Edna Napier challenged that decision in district court. She argued that the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred in denying her benefits by finding that her mental impairments were mild, rather than severe, and by failing to account for those mental impairments in assessing her residual functional capacity. The district court affirmed. Because the ALJ complied with the applicable procedures and his findings were supported by substantial evidence, we affirm.

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