Carl Chapman v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1714
CARL CHAPMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS HEALTH &
RETIREMENT FUNDS,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, District Judge.
(CA-99-183-1)
Submitted: November 20, 2000 Decided: January 5, 2001
Before WILKINS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John M. Lamie, BROWNING & LAMIE, P.C., Abingdon, Virginia, for Ap-
pellant. Glenda S. Finch, Deputy General Counsel, Kathleen M.
Dowd, Assistant General Counsel, UMWA HEALTH & RETIREMENT FUNDS,
Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Carl Chapman appeals the district court’s final judgment up-
holding the denial of disability benefits by the Trustees of the
United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust. We find that
the Trustees’ decision was supported by substantial evidence and
was not an abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we affirm on the
reasoning of the district court. See Chapman v. Trustees of the
UMW Health & Retirement Funds, No. CA-99-183-1 (W.D. Va. Apr. 28,
2000). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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