Willie E. Lofton v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Willie E. Lofton brings this appeal from a decision of the district court affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services which denied his claim for Social Security disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income. Finding that the record in this case supports the decision of the Secretary, we affirm.

In April, 1979, Lofton, a 48 year-old high school graduate who had previously been employed as a construction laborer and heavy equipment operator, filed applications for Supplemental Security Income and disability benefits. Lofton alleged that he was…