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JONES v. ASTRUE

No. 11-30975.

691 F.3d 730 (2012)

Joyce Darlene JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Brian Spurlock (argued), Disability Law Ctr., Inc., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Edward Chandler , Asst. Reg. Counsel (argued), SSA, Office of the Gen. Counsel Region IV, Dallas, TX, John Joseph Gaupp , Asst. U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Commissioner of Social Security determined that Joyce Jones was ineligible for disability benefits, and the district court agreed. On appeal, Jones argues that the administrative law judge ("ALJ") improperly disregarded evidence from one of her treating physicians without re-contacting him to obtain further documentation. Because (1) the ALJ had no duty to re-contact that physician where the record contained sufficient evidence from...

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