J.G.
J.G. v. University of San Francisco Welfare Benefit Plan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 K.G., Case No. 23-cv-00299-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION
v. TO DISMISS OR FOR JUDGMENT, OR
PARTIAL JUDGMENT, ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO PLEADINGS
WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN,
Re: Dkt. No. 20 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff J.G. sued Defendant University of San Francisco Welfare Benefit Plan for denial of health plan benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and for equitable relief under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). (Dkt. No. 1.) Defendant moves to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings. (Dkt. No. 20.) Defendant argues Plaintiff J.G. lacks Article III and statutory standing, that his Federal Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act claim fails, and that an abuse of discretion rather than de novo standard of review applies to the ERISA claim. At oral argument on August 24, 2023, the parties agreed to substitute K.G. as the plaintiff. The …