Barnes v. AT & T Pension Benefit Plannonbargained Program

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

MARILYN HALL PATEL, District Judge.

Re: Plaintiff Barnes’ Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses

In this action, plaintiff Quiller Barnes (“Barnes”), on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, alleges that defendant AT & T Pension Benefit Plan Nonbargained Program (“AT & T”) wrongfully denied him pension benefits to which he was entitled. Barnes’ amended complaint asserts three causes of action under the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (“ERISA”) for: (1) failing to provide adequate notice of the reasons for benefit denial, 29 U.S.C. § 1133(1); (2)…