Mercie D. Patton v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Patton appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment upholding the administrative denial of the claimant’s application for supplemental security income benefits. The issue before this court is the same as before the district court: whether the administrative findings are supported by substantial evidence, 42 U.S.C. 405(g); Western v. Harris, 633 F.2d 1204 (5th Cir.1981). If the Secretary’s findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence, they are conclusive. Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 390, 91 S.Ct. 1420, 1422, 28 L.Ed.2d 842 (1971). Substantial evidence is more…