Patricia L. Mechley v. Procter & Gamble Company, Disability Benefit Plan & Trustees

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File Name: 09a0447n.06
No. 08-3961
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
PATRICIA L. MECHLEY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, DISABILITY
BENEFIT PLAN & TRUSTEES,
Defendants-Appellees.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
C O U R T F O R T H E
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
OHIO
O P I N I O N
BEFORE: NORRIS, BATCHELDER, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIUM. Plaintiff, Patricia L. Mechley, appeals the district court’s determination
under 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (ERISA) that defendants, the Procter & Gamble Disability Benefit Plan and
the Plan’s Trustees, correctly denied her claim for total disability benefits under the Plan. Plaintiff
argued that the Plan’s determination was procedurally flawed, and that the weight of the evidence
belied its conclusion. The district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment on the
administrative record, and Mechley appealed.
Having had the benefit of oral argument and having carefully considered the record on
appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we are not persuaded that the district court
erred in granting judgment to defendants.
Because the reasoning which supports judgment for defendants has been articulated by the
district court in its exhaustive, well-reasoned and thorough opinion, the issuance of a detailed written

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opinion by this court would be duplicative and serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, the judgment
of the district court is affirmed upon the reasoning employed by that court in its Opinion and Order
dated July 17, 2008.

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