Roger Smith v. Aegon Companies Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Roger Smith appeals the district court’s dismissal of his claims without prejudice because of improper venue. The district court held that the venue selection clause in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”)-governed AEGON Pension Plan requiring that suit be brought in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was enforceable and applied to Smith’s claims. Accordingly, the court dismissed his complaint for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We AFFIRM.
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Prior to his retirement in 2000, Smith…
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