PRESI v. ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Jacqueline E. PRESI Plaintiff - Appellant v. ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE, doing business as Ascension; Ascension Short-Term Disability Plan; Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., also known as Sedgwick; Ascension Long-Term Disability Plan Defendants - Appellees

No. 19-1792

Decided: December 23, 2019

Before STRAS, WOLLMAN, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.

Jacqueline E. Presi, Pro Se Amy L. Blaisdell, Lauren Bissell Harris, Heather M. Mehta, Greensfelder & Hemker, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants - Appellees Ascension Health Alliance, Ascension Short-Term Disability Plan, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Amy L. Blaisdell, Heather M. Mehta, Greensfelder & Hemker, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendant - Appellee Ascension Long-Term Disability Plan

[Unpublished]

In this Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) suit, Jacqueline E. Presi challenges the district court’s ¹ adverse grant of summary judgment on her claims arising from the denial of benefits. Viewing the evidence and inferences that may reasonably be drawn from it in a light most favorable to Presi, we conclude that Presi has raised no valid basis for reversal. See Manning v. Am. Republic Ins. Co., 604 F.3d 1030, 1038 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo review; when plan reserves discretionary power to construe uncertain terms or make eligibility determinations, district court reviews administrator’s decision only for abuse of discretion). Appellees’ motion to strike is granted; and the judgment is affirmed, see 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

PER CURIAM.

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