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082523P.pdf   04/15/2009  Mary Midgett  v.  Washington Group Intl. Long
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2523
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Murphy, Circuit Judge, and
   Limbaugh, District Judge]
Civil case - ERISA. Under the applicable Department of Labor regulations, plaintiff was not denied a full and fair review of her claim for short-term disability benefits by the Plan's failure to provider her the opportunity to review and rebut peer reviews conducted by three physicians prior to its denial of her second-level appeal; district court did not err in concluding Plan administrator's denial of her short-term disability claim was not arbitrary and capricious, as the decision was supported by substantial evidence; district court did not err in finding plaintiff's claims for long-term disability benefits should be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.