PEARSON v. COLVIN

No. 14-2255.

810 F.3d 204 (2015)

Jeffrey PEARSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: E. Gregory Wallace , Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Mark Anthony Exley , Office of the United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Anthony W. Bartels , Bartels Law Firm, Jonesboro, Arkansas, for Appellant. Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Nora Koch , Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Taryn Jasner , Supervisory Attorney, Naomi Mendelsohn , Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Gregory and Judge Harris joined.


Jeffrey Pearson appeals the denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. He contends that substantial evidence does not support the determination of the administrative law judge denying those benefits because the judge failed to resolve a conflict between the vocational expert's testimony...

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