Sharon Kinkead v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Sharon Kinkead appeals the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in a wrongful discharge action in which she alleged that her employment was terminated in order to deny disability benefits in violation of § 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. She further contests the district court’s denial of her requests to compel discovery and to amend her complaint. We affirm.

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Kinkead worked as a system specialist at Southwestern Bell for 23 years prior to her termination…