White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PATRICIA WHITE, Case No. 20-cv-03591-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 18 ANTHEM LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

11 Defendant. 12 Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Dkt. No. 18. For the following reasons, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED without leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Patricia White filed her first amended complaint in this Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) action on July 24, 2020 against Defendant Anthem Life Insurance Company. Dkt. No. 12. Plaintiff was a plan participant and a covered beneficiary under her employer’s welfare plan, which was governed by ERISA and issued by Defendant (the “Plan”). FAC ¶¶ 1,7. On October 11, 2012, in a written letter to Plaintiff, Defendant approved her long-term disability benefits. FAC ¶ 8. On April 2, 2014, Defendant ceased payments of Plaintiff’s disability…