
USCA1 Opinion

	




          February 4, 1993                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 92-1414                               CARMEN RODRIGUEZ-OQUENDO,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                       SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,                                   Circuit Judges.                                   ______________                                 ____________________            Raymond Rivera Esteves and Juan A.  Hernandez Rivera on brief  for            ______________________     _________________________        appellant.            Daniel  F.  Lopez  Romo,  United  States  Attorney,  Jose  Vazquez            _______________________                              _____________        Garcia, Assistant United States Attorney, and Amy  S. Knopf, Assistant        ______                                        _____________        Regional Counsel, Department  of Health and  Human Services, on  brief        for appellee.                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                      Per Curiam     We   have  carefully   reviewed  the                      __________            record  and  find  that  substantial  evidence  supports  the            finding that the  claimant retained the  physical and  mental            capacity  to perform  the simple,  routine, light,  unskilled            jobs  as   determined  by  the  Secretary.    We  reject  the            claimant's  attacks  on  the  Secretary's assessment  of  the            vocational   expert's  testimony,   and  conclude   that  the            Secretary's   decision  to   deny   disability  benefits   is            reasonably and adequately supported by the record as a whole.            We affirm the  judgment of the  district court  substantially            for the  reasons stated in the  magistrate-judge's report and            recommendation as adopted by the district court.                      Affirmed.                      ________
