Mercado Ayala v. HHS
Case Date: 05/05/1999
Court: United States Court of Appeals
Docket No: 98-2117
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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 98-2117 NATIVIDAD MERCADO AYALA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. KENNETH S. APFEL, COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant, Appellee. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Judge] Before Selya, Circuit Judge, Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge, and Stahl, Circuit Judge. Salvador Medina De La Cruz on brief for appellant. Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Lilliam Mendoza Toro, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Robert M. Peckrill, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, on brief for appellee. MAY 4, 1999 Per Curiam. Claimant Natividad Mercado Ayala appeals from the judgment of the district court which determined that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security that claimant was not under a disability was supported by substantial evidence. After carefully reviewing the parties' briefs and the record, we affirm the judgment of the district court for essentially the reasons stated in its Judgment, dated July 15, 1998. Affirmed. See Local Rule 27.1. -2- |