Thomas

MEMORANDUM **

Henry Thomas appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Social Security Administration Commissioner’s (Commissioner) denial of his application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Thomas applied for benefits alleging disability due to head and back injuries. His application was denied by the Commissioner and again denied following a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). The ALJ’s decision became final when Thomas’ request for administrative review was denied. The district court affirmed the ALJ’s decision. Thomas filed a timely appeal.

In her decision, the ALJ found that although Thomas suffered from severe impairments, he was not precluded from performing a limited number of sedentary jobs. Utilizing a vocational expert, the ALJ identified a significant number of those jobs. The ALJ also found Thomas’ testimony not credible and discounted the opinions of a treating physician and an examining physician.

Thomas attributes a number of errors to the ALJ. Central to all of Thomas’ contentions is whether the ALJ erred by finding Thomas not credible and thus improperly…