Case Name: James MARCUM, Plaintiff-Appellant v. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR HOURLY-RATED EMPLOYEES OF NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.; Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-31
Citations: 497 F. App'x 682
Docket Number: No. 12-2547
Parties: James MARCUM, Plaintiff-Appellant v. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR HOURLY-RATED EMPLOYEES OF NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.; Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BYE, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 497
Pages: 682–682

Head Matter:
James MARCUM, Plaintiff-Appellant v. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR HOURLY-RATED EMPLOYEES OF NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.; Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-2547.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 18, 2013.
Filed: Jan. 31, 2013.
Michael A. Evans, Sherrie A. Schroder, Hammond & Shinners, St. Louis, MO, Michael Moroni, Bloomfield, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Louis J. Boyd, Dennis Donnelly, Douglas Willard King, Bryan & Cave, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before BYE, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Marcum appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his Employment Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit arising from the denial of early retirement disability benefits. Upon de novo review, see Green v. Union Sec. Ins. Co., 646 F.3d 1042, 1050 (8th Cir.2011), we find no basis for overturning the district court's well-reasoned determination that the adverse decision on Marcum's benefits application did not amount to an abuse of discretion, see id. (affirmance is warranted if the decision is reasonable, i.e., reasonable person could have reached similar decision, given evidence before plan administrator when decision was made). The district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.