Bedwell v. Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits Plan et al

Filing 24

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: 23 Memorandum and Recommendations. Plaintiff Barney Bedwells Trial Brief in Support of Judgment on the Administrative Record Dkt. 14 , construed as a motion for summary judgment, is DENIED; and De fendants Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits Plan and the Administrative Committee of the Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits Plans Response Dkt. 19 , construed as a cross-motion for summary judgment, is GRANTED. (Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified.(bthomas, 4)

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United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
BARNEY BEDWELL,
Plaintiff.
VS.
SCHLUMBERGER GROUP
WELFARE BENEFITS PLAN, et al.,
Defendants.

November 17, 2022
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk

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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On July 12, 2022, all pretrial matters were referred to United States Magistrate
Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). See Dkt. 21. Judge Edison filed a
Memorandum and Recommendation on October 31, 2022, recommending that Plaintiff
Barney Bedwell’s Trial Brief in Support of Judgment on the Administrative Record (Dkt.
14), construed as a motion for summary judgment, be DENIED and Defendants
Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits Plan and the Administrative Committee of the
Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefit Plan’s Response (Dkt. 19), construed as a crossmotion for summary judgment, be GRANTED. See Dkt. 23.
No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation.
Accordingly, the Court reviews the Memorandum and Recommendation for plain error on
the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).

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Based on the pleadings, the record, and the applicable law, the Court finds that there
is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED
and ADJUDGED that:
(1)

Judge Edison’s Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 23) is
APPROVED and ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court;

(2)

Plaintiff Barney Bedwell’s Trial Brief in Support of Judgment on the
Administrative Record (Dkt. 14), construed as a motion for summary
judgment, is DENIED; and

(3)

Defendants Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits Plan and the
Administrative Committee of the Schlumberger Group Welfare Benefits
Plan’s Response (Dkt. 19), construed as a cross-motion for summary
judgment, is GRANTED.

It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED and ENTERED this 17th day of November 2022.

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GEORGE C.
C HANKS,
HANKS JR.
JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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