Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit September 21, 2001, No. 99-56918; D.C. No. CV-99-4049-MLR (Crawford v. Paul Revere Life Insurance)

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Byron D. Crawford, M.D. appeals the district court’s Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal with prejudice of his complaint based on alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”). Dismissal was based on the district court’s determination that Crawford’s ERISA lawsuit (“Crawford II”) was barred by the doctrine of res judicata.