Steigleman

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 25 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JILL M. STEIGLEMAN, No. 23-4082 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:19-cv-08060-ROS v.

MEMORANDUM*

SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Iowa corporation,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

This is the second appeal involving the applicability of ERISA-preemption to

the state law claims raised in Appellant Jill Steigleman’s (“Steigleman”) lawsuit

against her long-term disability insurance provider, Symetra Life Insurance

Company (“Symetra”). In the prior appeal, we reversed and remanded the district

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. court’s grant of summary judgment to Symetra, concluding factual issues precluded

finding as a matter of law that Symetra…