United States Ninth Circuit

In an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendants and award of statutory damages to plaintiff is: 1) affirmed in part where the District Court properly imposed a penalty under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(c)(1) on the ERISA plan administrator for failing to produce the Plan Document within 30 days of the plaintiff’s request; and 2) reversed in part where the district court's decision to impose a penalty based on the plan administrator's failure to timely produce emails under 29 C.F.R. section 1132(c)(1), applies only to documents that plan administrators are required to produce.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/25

Judges

• FARRIS

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel