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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2305

DEBORAH A. HYATT,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA; THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, 

INC. HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN; THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.,

 Defendants – Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, 

District Judge. (1:14-cv-00035-MR)

Submitted: January 22, 2016 Decided: February 17, 2016

Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Walter E. Daniels III, DANIELS LAW FIRM, PC, Asheville, North 

Carolina, for Appellant. Ian H. Morrison, SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, 

Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Deborah A. Hyatt appeals the district court’s order 

dismissing, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), her civil action 

seeking relief pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended. On appeal, Hyatt 

raises two issues: (1) whether her complaint was timely filed 

according to the plain language of the ERISA plan; and (2) 

whether an ambiguity existed in the ERISA plan language that 

rendered the granting of Prudential’s motion to dismiss 

erroneous. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible 

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the 

district court. Hyatt v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 1:14-

cv-00035-MR (W.D.N.C. Oct. 31, 2014). We dispense with oral 

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately 

presented in the materials before this court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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