Howard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Russell Keith Howard, No. CV-16-03769-PHX-JJT 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, et al. 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff Russell Keith Howard seeks judicial review of Defendant Blue Cross Blue 16 Shield of Arizona’s (“BCBSAZ”) denial of insurance coverage under Plaintiff’s employee 17 health insurance plan (“the Plan”), pursuant to ERISA,

29 U.S.C. § 1132

et seq. (Doc. 33, 18 TAC.) Both Plaintiff and Defendant submitted Opening Briefs (Doc. 77, Pl.’s OB; Doc. 60, 19 Def.’s OB) and…