DocketNumber： 98-4218
Filed Date： 12/6/1999
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 4/18/2021
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 98-4218 ___________ Curtis Bledsoe, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance * Company, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: November 26, 1999 Filed: December 6, 1999 ___________ Before BOWMAN, FAGG, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ 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 1 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. -2-