Bolton v. Construction Laborers' Pension Trust for Southern California

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

I

Annie Bolton’s effort to obtain benefits from the Construction Laborers’ Pension Trust for Southern California (Plan) dates back to January of 1987 when, as the widow of Plan participant Levi Bolton, she applied to the Plan for survivor benefits. The factual background of Bolton’s case is set out in Bolton v. Construction Laborers’ Pension Trust for Southern California, 954 F.2d 1437, 1438-39 (9th Cir.1991) (Bolton I). In that decisión, we concluded that for Plan participants like Levi who otherwise completed the fifteen years of credited service required for their…