Jacqueline Roeder v. Guardian Life Ins. Co.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 15 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JACQUELINE ROEDER, No. 22-56226

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:21-cv-01715-JVS-KES v.

GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO.; PSC MEMORANDUM*

BIOTECH CORPORATION PLAN,

Defendants-Appellees.

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

Argued and Submitted January 10, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON, MELLOY,** and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Jacqueline Roeder appeals the district court’s de novo review of the

administrative record regarding Guardian Life Insurance Company’s (Guardian)

denial of her application for long-term disability benefits under a policy governed

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Michael J. Melloy, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation. by the Employee…