Case Name: Sally A. GILLETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILSON SONSINI GROUP WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-26
Citations: 675 F. App'x 779
Docket Number: No. 14-36020
Parties: Sally A. GILLETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILSON SONSINI GROUP WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 675
Pages: 779–780

Head Matter:
Sally A. GILLETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILSON SONSINI GROUP WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-36020
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed January 26, 2017
Sally A. Gillette, Pro Se
Cozette M. Tran-Caffee, Attorney, Lane Powell PC, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees Wilson Sonsini Group Welfare Benefit Plan, Cigna Corporation, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Cig-na Healthcare of California, Betty Lyddon
D. Michael Reilly, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Cozette M. Tran-Caffee, Attor ney, Lane Powell PC, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees Donald Bradley
Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. . See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sally A. Gillette appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing as time-barred her action alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and on the basis of the applicable statute of limitations. Ventura Mobilehome Cmtys. Owners Ass'n v. City of San Buenaventura, 371 F.3d 1046, 1050 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Gillette's action because it is barred by ERISA's applicable three-year statute of limitations. See 29 U.S.C. § 1113; Ziegler v. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co., 916 F.2d 548, 550 (9th Cir. 1990) (explaining two-step analysis to determine accrual under § 1113); see also Barker v. Am. Mobil Power Corp., 64 F.3d 1397, 1401-02 (9th Cir. 1995) (application of "fraud or concealment" exception requires showing of knowingly false misrepresentations with intent to defraud or affirmative steps to conceal alleged breaches).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Gillette's complaint without leave to amend because the deficiencies of the complaint could not be cured by amendment. Chappel v. Lab. Corp. of Am., 232 F.3d 719, 725-26 (9th Cir. 2000) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that denial of leave to amend is proper when amendment would be futile).
We reject as without merit Gillette's contention that the district court converted the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.