United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of supplemental security income benefits is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the administrative law judge erred in 1)improperly rejecting the opinions of plaintiff's therapist, 2)assessing plaintiff's residual functional capacity, and 3)evaluating plaintiff's credibility.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2005
• Published 02/10/2005

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Bowman, argued, Davenport, Iowa (Thomas A. Krause, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher D. Hagen, argued, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Des Moines, Iowa (Matthew G. Whitaker, Gary L. Hayward, Frank V. Smith III, and Rhonda Norcross-Kempker, on the brief), for appellee.