HENSLEY v. BARNHART

No. 02-3512.

352 F.3d 353 (2003)

Ben HENSLEY, Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Gregory Wallace, argued, Buies Creek, NC (Anthony W. Bartels, Jonesboro, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas C. Strafuss, Asst. Regional Counsel, Social Security Admin., Dallas, TX, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ben Hensley appeals the decision of the District Court1 affirming the denial of his application for social security disability benefits. On appeal, Hensley urges that the ALJ erred when it concluded that he could physically perform the full range of sedentary work, when it discounted the opinions of his treating physician, and when it determined that he was not illiterate. We affirm.

Hensley, who is now forty...

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