MILLER v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 05-2247.

502 F.3d 1245 (2007)

Rodney MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and NASRA TPA, Inc. and its successor, HCC Administrators Inc. and/or Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Rawley, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bernie E. Hauder, Adkerson, Hauder & Bezney, Dallas, TX (Bruce S. McDonald and Lucinda Siembieda, Law Offices of Bruce S. McDonald, Albuquerque, NM, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HENRY, McWILLIAMS, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Rodney Miller filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico challenging Monumental Life Insurance's (Monumental's) denial of a request for long-term disability benefits. The district court granted summary judgment for Monumental. Because the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, governs the terms of Monumental's master-group insurance policy, the district court's jurisdiction...

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