Case Name: Mary Jane PACIONI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of America, aka Unum Provident Life Insurance Company of America; Novacare Long Term Disability Plan; Novacare, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-08
Citations: 210 F. App'x 655
Docket Number: No. 04-16510
Parties: Mary Jane PACIONI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of America, aka Unum Provident Life Insurance Company of America; Novacare Long Term Disability Plan; Novacare, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: T.G. NELSON, GOULD, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 210
Pages: 655–656

Head Matter:
Mary Jane PACIONI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of America, aka Unum Provident Life Insurance Company of America; Novacare Long Term Disability Plan; Novacare, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-16510.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 6, 2006 .
Filed Dec. 8, 2006.
Eric G. Slepian, Esq., Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Stephen M. Bressler, Esq., Susan M. Freeman, Esq., Lewis & Roca, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Brenden James Griffin, Esq., Lewis & Roca, LLP, Tucson, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: T.G. NELSON, GOULD, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The district court granted summary judgment in this case by applying our decision in Atwood v. Newmont Gold Co., 45 F.3d 1317 (9th Cir.1995). After the district court granted summary judgment, we overruled Atwood in Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Insurance Co., 458 F.3d 955, 967 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc). We vacate the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants and remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with Abatie.
VACATED AND REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.