Curtis Bledsoe v. Hartford Life ( 1999 )

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 98-4218
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Curtis Bledsoe, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance *
Company, * [UNPUBLISHED]
*
Appellee. *
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Submitted: November 26, 1999
Filed: December 6, 1999
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Before BOWMAN, FAGG, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Curtis Bledsoe appeals from the District Court’s1 order granting summary
judgment to Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company in this Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) action. After careful review of the
record and the parties’ submissions, we conclude that the District Court correctly
determined that Bledsoe’s suit is barred because he failed to exhaust his administrative
remedies. See Kinkead v. Southwestern Bell Corp. Sickness & Accident Disability
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The Honorable Henry Woods, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
Benefit Plan, 111 F.3d 67, 68 (8th Cir. 1997) (“[B]enefit claimants must exhaust the
review procedures mandated by [ERISA] before bringing claims for wrongful denial
to court.”).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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