CANTRELL v. APFEL

No. 00-1229.

231 F.3d 1104 (2000)

James CANTRELL, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Gregory Wallace, Buies Creek, North Carolina, argued (Anthony W. Bartels, on the brief), for appellant.

Cicely S. Jefferson, Dallas, Texas, argued (Paula J. Casey, Stacey E. McCord, Tina M. Waddell, and Mark J. Kingsolver, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

James Cantrell sought disability benefits for a mental impairment. The Commissioner denied benefits through all levels of review; Cantrell then pursued judicial review of the Commissioner's determination in district court.1 See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). We must decide whether the administrative law judge properly credited the opinions of two agency-funded one-time consultants instead of the contrary opinion of...

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