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considering the proper standard of review in ERISA cases
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No. 16-20174
07-10-2017
ARIANA M., Plaintiff–Appellant v. HUMANA HEALTH PLAN OF TEXAS, INCORPORATED, Defendant–Appellee
Peter S. Sessions, Esq., Kantor & Kantor, L.L.P., Northridge, CA, Amar B. Raval, Plummer Law Group, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff–Appellant. Carlos Ramon Soltero, Rachael Kelly Padgett, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant–Appellee. Mary Ellen E. Signorille, Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Association of Retired Persons. Cynthia Morales, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Department of Insurance. Alicia M. Paulino-Grisham, Paulino-Grisham, Smith & Chmielarz, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Amicus Curiae Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Joseph Ross Matetich, Office of Public Insurance Counsel for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
Peter S. Sessions, Esq., Kantor & Kantor, L.L.P., Northridge, CA, Amar B. Raval, Plummer Law Group, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff–Appellant.
Carlos Ramon Soltero, Rachael Kelly Padgett, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant–Appellee.
Mary Ellen E. Signorille, Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Association of Retired Persons.
Cynthia Morales, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Department of Insurance.
Alicia M. Paulino-Grisham, Paulino-Grisham, Smith & Chmielarz, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Amicus Curiae Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness.
Joseph Ross Matetich, Office of Public Insurance Counsel for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JOLLY, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.