Marlene Negrette v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company Chambers Development Company, Incorporated

56 F.3d 72 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Marlene NEGRETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; Chambers Development Company, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55014. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 1995. Decided May 23, 1995. 1 Before: D.W. NELSON, CANBY Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Plaintiff-appellant Marlene Negrette appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellees Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Principal Mutual") and Chambers Development Company, Inc. ("Chambers") in Negrette's action challenging the denial of her claim for medical benefits pursuant to section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132 (a). The district court ruled that Negrette's claim for coverage was properly excluded under the preexisting condition provision in her group…