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Parties Involved:
AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan #1
Appellee
Homer Mooney
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-1929

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Homer Mooney, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan #1, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: March 5, 2010

Filed: March 15, 2010

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges

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PER CURIAM.

Homer Mooney appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

in his Employment Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit against AT&T Umbrella

Benefit Plan #1 (the Plan) arising from the denial of long-term-disability (LTD)

benefits. Upon de novo review of the record, we agree with the district court that the

Plan did not abuse its discretion in denying Mooney’s claim for LTD disability

benefits. See Dillard’s Inc. v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, 456 F.3d 894,

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899 (8th Cir. 2006) (plan administrator’s decision will be reversed only if it was

arbitrary and capricious; decision need be only reasonable, meaning it must be

supported by substantial evidence); see also Norris v. Citibank, N.A. Disability Plan

(501), 308 F.3d 880, 883-84 (8th Cir. 2002) (reviewing de novo district court’s

application of abuse-of-discretion standard). Accordingly, we affirm, and we reject

as meritless Mooney’s arguments for reversal. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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