                             UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 01-1085



REGINA A. BALL, Administratrix of the Estate
of Michael Ball; MICHAEL BALL,

                                           Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          versus


WILLIAM A. HALTER,    Acting   Commissioner   of
Social Security,

                                               Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of West Virginia, at Bluefield. Mary S. Feinberg, Magistrate
Judge. (CA-99-1048-1)


Submitted:   July 31, 2001                 Decided:   August 9, 2001


Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Jerome J. McFadden, BAYLESS & MCFADDEN, L.L.P., Princeton, West
Virginia, for Appellant. James A. Winn, Regional Chief Counsel,
Region III, Lori R. Karimoto, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of
the General Counsel, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Kelly R.
Curry, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).




PER CURIAM:

     Regina A. Ball, Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Ball,1

appeals the magistrate judge’s order denying Ball’s motion for

judgment on the pleadings, granting the Commissioner’s motion for

judgment on the pleadings, and upholding the Commissioner’s denial

of disability insurance benefits.2     We have reviewed the briefs and

the administrative record in light of the claims raised on appeal,

and find well-reasoned the magistrate judge’s opinion that sub-

stantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s decision denying

benefits.

     Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the magistrate

judge.     (J.A. at 19-31).   We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.



                                                              AFFIRMED


     1
         Michael Ball died during the pendency of his case.
     2
       The parties consented to jurisdiction of the magistrate
judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (1994).


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