Roger A. Lynch v. Provident Life

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1396
ROGER A. LYNCH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry F. Floyd, District Judge.
(CA-02-3187-HFF)
Submitted: February 13, 2006 Decided: March 6, 2006
Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Karen Creech, COVINGTON, PATRICK, HAGINS, STERN & LEWIS, P.A.,
Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Theodore D. Willard,
Jr., MONTGOMERY, PATTERSON, POTTS & WILLARD, L.L.P., Columbia,
South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Roger A. Lynch appeals from the district court’s award of
summary judgment to defendant Provident Life and Accident Insurance
Company (“Provident”) in this lawsuit concerning Provident’s denial
of Lynch’s claim for long-term disability benefits under an ERISA-
governed benefits plan. Upon careful consideration of the record
and the parties’ briefs, we are unable to identify any reversible
error. We are therefore content to dispose of this appeal by
adopting the district court’s opinion adopting the magistrate
judge’s recommendations. See Lynch v. Provident Life and Accident
Ins. Co., CA-02-3187-HFF (D.S.C. May 13, 2004). 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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