William Shaver v. Operating Engineers Local 428 Pension Trust Fund

332 F.3d 1198 William SHAVER; William Dereschuk, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 428 PENSION TRUST FUND, a trust; Raymond Frank CISNE; David Martin; Merle Langfeldt; Thomas Royden; Robert J. Johnston; Dennis Teel, in their capacity as Trustees thereof; and David Wick, in his capacity as Administrator thereof, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-16922. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 7, 2002. Filed June 18, 2003. Francis G. Fanning, Tempe, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Keith F. Overholt, David B. Earl, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Paul G. Rosenblatt, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-01832-PGR. Before: BETTY B. FLETCHER, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, * and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge RICHARD S. ARNOLD; Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON. OPINION RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge: 1 The Operating Engineers Union, Local 428, has an ERISA pension fund for its members' benefit. The plaintiffs, William Shaver and William Dereschuk, a participant and beneficiary of the plan,…