BALD MOUNTAIN HOLDINGS, LLC v. AETNA HEALTH INSURANCE CO., 16-13518. (2017)
Court: District Court, E.D. Michigan
Number: infdco20170622c82
Visitors: 12
Filed: Jun. 21, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 21, 2017
Summary: ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD JOHN CORBETT O'MEARA , District Judge . Before the court is Plaintiff's motion to supplement the administrative record, which Defendant opposes. Plaintiff filed this action to recover benefits under an Aetna group health insurance plan pursuant to ERISA. Plaintiff seeks to supplement the administrative record with a document that Defendant contends it never received and was not part of its file. In its review of Defe
Summary: ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD JOHN CORBETT O'MEARA , District Judge . Before the court is Plaintiff's motion to supplement the administrative record, which Defendant opposes. Plaintiff filed this action to recover benefits under an Aetna group health insurance plan pursuant to ERISA. Plaintiff seeks to supplement the administrative record with a document that Defendant contends it never received and was not part of its file. In its review of Defen..
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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
JOHN CORBETT O'MEARA, District Judge.
Before the court is Plaintiff's motion to supplement the administrative record, which Defendant opposes. Plaintiff filed this action to recover benefits under an Aetna group health insurance plan pursuant to ERISA. Plaintiff seeks to supplement the administrative record with a document that Defendant contends it never received and was not part of its file.
In its review of Defendant's decision to deny benefits, the court is "confined to the record that was before the Plan Administrator." Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare Sys., Inc., 150 F.3d 609, 615 (6th Cir. 1998). Plaintiff has not demonstrated that the document it seeks to include in the administrative record was in fact "before the Plan Administrator." See Def.'s Ex. A, Declaration of Kimberly Depaepe; Pl.'s Ex. 2, Affidavit of Brittany Davey. In addition, Plaintiff has not established that the court may otherwise consider the document at issue. See id. at 619 ("The district court may consider evidence outside of the administrative record only if that evidence is offered in support of a procedural challenge to the administrator's decision, such as an alleged lack of due process afforded by the administrator or alleged bias on its part.").
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to supplement the administrative record is DENIED.
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