No. 21-6982

Robert Stanley Gordon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: benefits-denial conflict-of-interest custody erisa evidence evidence-retention long-term-disability plan-concealment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity ERISA
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment. a , Il. | Whether a conflict of interest is acceptable when a defendant retains custody of evidence against them. |

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-17
Reply of petitioner Robert Stanley Gordon filed. (Distributed)
2022-02-28
Brief of respondent Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in opposition filed.
2021-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ronald Keith AlbertsGordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Respondent
Ronald Keith AlbertsGordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Respondent
Robert Stanley Gordon
Robert Gordon — Petitioner
Robert Gordon — Petitioner