M.
M. v. Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRUCE M., et al., Case No. 22-cv-06149-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO
DISMISS
SUTTER WEST BAY MEDICAL GROUP HEALTH AND WELFARE, et al., Re: ECF No. 26 & 28 11 Defendants.
12 Before the Court are Defendants Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (“Aetna”) and Sutter West Bay Medical Group Health and Welfare Plan’s (“Plan”) motions to dismiss. ECF Nos. 26 & 28. The Court will grant the motions in part and deny them in part. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff J.M. was a beneficiary under the Plan, which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. ECF No. 22 ¶ 5, 12. The Plan provides coverage for mental healthcare, including treatment in a residential treatment center. Id. ¶¶ 11–13. Aetna administered mental health benefits under the Plan. Id. ¶ 6. J.M. has “a long history of mental illness” and has been diagnosed with multiple mental 22 …