James D. Bostick v. Reliance Electric, Reliance Comm/tec Corporation's Network Services Life Insurance Company of North America

91 F.3d 150 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. James D. BOSTICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE ELECTRIC, Reliance Comm/Tec Corporation's Network Services; Life Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-17227. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 10, 1996. * Decided July 29, 1996. 1 Before: BROWNING and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, ** Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Bostick appeals the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 4 We review a dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction de novo. Mace v. Skinner, 34 F.3d 854, 857 (9th Cir.1994). 5 This Court has no jurisdiction under ERISA if Bostick has no standing to sue under ERISA's civil enforcement provision, 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (a). Curtis v. Nevada Bonding Corp., 53 F.3d 1023, 1026-27 (9th Cir.1995). Under § 1132(a), only a plan participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary can…