John BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

Plaintiff-appellant John Brown appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jacob Mishler, Judge) affirming the magistrate judge’s report which, in turn, upheld the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying Brown’s claim to Social Security Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) disability benefits and Disability Insurance Benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Without deciding whether substantial evidence supported the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) conclusion that Brown was not disabled, a determination about which we have…