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JOHNSON v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SEC.

No. 10-5226.

652 F.3d 646 (2011)

Pete JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Craig Housman, Paducah, KY, for Appellant. William Hogan, Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Craig Housman, Paducah, KY, for Appellant. J. Patrick Powers,   Mary Ann Sloan,   Dennis R. Williams,   Elyse S. Sharfman,   Holly A. Grimes,   Marcus M. Johns, Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, James H. Barr, Assistant United States Attorney, Louisville, KY, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN, NORRIS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Pete Johnson ("claimant") seeks review of the denial of his application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The sole issue on appeal is a relatively narrow one: Did the administrative law judge ("ALJ") err when he failed to give controlling weight to claimant's treating physician and instead credited the assessment of a non-treating state agency physician who concluded...

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