PEREZ TORRES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERV.

No. 89-1116.

890 F.2d 1251 (1989)

Francisco PEREZ TORRES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan O. Gonzalez Cruz, Juan A. Hernandez Rivera, Bayamon, P.R., Angel L. Cintron Carrasquillo, and William Dominguez Torres, Caguas, P.R., on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Jose F. Blanco, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., and Robert M. Peckrill, Asst. Regional Counsel, Dept. of Health & Human Services, on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before BOWNES, TORRUELLA, and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of social security disability benefits. The district court found that substantial evidence supported the Secretary's decision, at step five of the sequential evaluation process, that the claimant, Francisco Perez, retained the functional capacity to perform the full range of sedentary work. We affirm.

Perez applied for benefits in March 1986 alleging a disabling leg condition and arthritis. In subsequent submissions...

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