Gregory Gabriel v. Alaska Electrical Pension Fund

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Gregory R. Gabriel appeals the district court’s dismissal of his claims against the Alaska Electrical Pension Fund (the Fund) and other defendants under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Because Gabriel failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that the Fund abused its discretion in denying him benefits, or that he was entitled to “appropriate equitable relief’ under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3), we affirm the district court.

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For over three years, the Fund paid Gabriel monthly pension benefits he had not earned.…