Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 21, 2003, No. 02-16184; D.C. No. CV-00-21148-JW (Van Alstine v. Cigna)

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United States · · · 21-08-2003

MEMORANDUM**

Plaintiff David Van Alstine claims that Defendants wrongly terminated his long-term disability benefits. The district court affirmed the decision to terminate benefits, and we affirm in turn.

A. Standard of Review

We look to the text of the ERISA documents to decide the standard of review for denial of benefits. Walker v. Am. Home Shield Long Term Disability Plan, 180 F.

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