Ryan S. v. Unitedhealth Group, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RYAN S., individually and on behalf No. 22-55761 of all others similarly situated, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 8:19-cv-01363-

JVS-KES

v.

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC., a OPINION Delaware corporation; UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC., a Minnesota corporation; UNITED

HEALTHCARE INSURANCE

COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation; UHC OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation; UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,

INC., a California corporation; OPTUMINSIGHT, INC., a Delaware corporation; OPTUM SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation; OPTUM, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Defendants-Appellees. RYAN S. V. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 19, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed April 11, 2024

Before: Richard R. Clifton and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Clifton

SUMMARY **

ERISA

The panel reversed in part and affirmed in…