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132645P.pdf   12/30/2014  Vicki Johnson  v.  United of Omaha Life Ins. Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2645
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Smith and Beam, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - ERISA. The denial of plaintiff's claim for long-term 
   disability benefits should have been reviewed under an abuse of discretion 
   standard, and the district court erred in finding procedural 
   irregularities warranted a de novo review; the plan administrator did not 
   abuse its discretion by denying benefits as the decision was based on 
   substantial evidence.