Ester Abdel v. U.S. Bancorp

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Esther Abdel appeals from the district court’s 2 grant of summary judgment dismissing her action to recover long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) (“ERISA”). We affirm.

I

Abdel was employed by U.S. Bancorp (“U.S.Bank”) from 1991 until September 2000. At that time, Hartford Comprehensive Employee Benefit Service Company (“Hartford”) was the plan administrator handling disability benefit claims and initial appeals for U.S. Bank. In her last year of work, Abdel applied for LTD benefits beginning on…