TAMEZ v. SULLIVAN

No. 89-1404 Summary Calendar.

888 F.2d 334 (1989)

Pedro TAMEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Rodriguez, West Texas Legal Services, Abilene, Tex., William Kimble, West Texas Legal Services, Ft. Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph B. Liken, Asst. Regional Counsel, U.S. Dept. of HHS, Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, SMITH and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


DUHE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits. We affirm.

Pedro Tamez is a 49 year-old male who suffers from diabetes mellitus and spondylolisthesis (anterior movement of a lumbar vertebra). The Administrative Law Judge found that Tamez was capable of light work and, based on Rules 202.16 and 202.17, 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 2 (1988), that he was not disabled.

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