Michael Woolsey v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 20 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL WOOLSEY, No. 20-16885

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-00578-SMB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan M. Brnovich, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, PAEZ, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Michael Woolsey appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

attorneys’ fees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA),

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 following a remand on his claim for benefits to Aetna. We have jurisdiction under

28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review an award of fees for abuse of discretion, but “any

elements of legal analysis and statutory interpretation which figure in the district

court’s decision are…