Cobb v. Central States, Southwest & Southeast Areas Pension Fund

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Daisy Cobb appeals an adverse benefit determination by Central States, Southwest and Southeast Areas Pension Plan (“Central States”). We vacate the judgment and remand with instruction to dismiss for want of subject matter jurisdiction.

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In about August 1979, Oliver Gibbs,submitted an “Application for a Retirement Pension Benefit” to Central States stating that he was retiring on October 26, 1979. Central States is a multiemployer pension plan. At the time he submitted his application, Gibbs was married to, but separated for thirteen years from, Cobb. In his…