Peach v. Ultramar Diamond Shamrock

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant William Peach appeals the district court’s order granting judgment to Defendants-Appellees Ultra-mar Diamond Shamrock (“UDS”) and the Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Employee Benefits Review Committee (“EBRC”) in his suit against UDS under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), challenging the EBRC’s denial of his severance benefits under the Change in Control Severance Plan (“Plan”). On appeal, Peach alleges that the district court erred by: (1) refusing to apply a heightened arbitrary and capricious standard…