Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security

*230 PER CURIAM: Juatassa Sims appeals the district court’s affirmance of the Commissioner’s denial of her application for disability insurance benefits, contending that the administrative law judge: (1) failed to afford proper weight to a psychologist’s opinion that she was severely depressed; (2) improperly excluded certain of her impairments in assessing her residual function capacity; and (3) should have ordered a consultative examination to assess her mental impairments. We affirm. We lack jurisdiction to review Sims’s second and third contentions because they were not raised before the Appeals Council. 1 The first contention is without merit because the ALJ is entitled and expected to determine the credibility of medical experts and to weigh their opinions accordingly. 2 Concluding that the findings of the ALJ are supported by substantial evidence, the judgment appealed is AFFIRMED. 3 Footnotes [1] Paul v. Shalala, 29 F.3d 208 (5th Cir. 1994). [2] Greenspan v. Shalala, 38 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 1994). [3] Villa v. Sullivan, 895 F.2d 1019 (5th Cir. 1990).