regarding the denial of benefits under the short-term disability plan. II. ANALYSIS Pursuant to the Sixth Circuit’s holding in Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare Sys., Inc., 150 F.3d 609, 619 (6th Cir.1998), the court reviews a denial of benefits under an ERISA plan and renders judgment based upon the administrative record. See id.; Gatlin v. National Healthcare Corp., 2001 WL 223732, at *2 (6th Cir.2001) (unpublished); In re Campbell, 116 F.Supp.2d 937, 940-41 (M.D.Tenn.2000); Marchetti v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 30 F .Supp.2d 1001, 1004 (M.D.Tenn.1998). Thus, the court will confine its review to the administrative record and will render findings of fact and conclusions of law accordingly. See Wilkins, 150 F.3d at 619; see also Perry v. Simplicity Engineering, 900 F.2d 963, 966 (<HOLDING>). A. FINDINGS OF FACT Union Planters
holding that a denial of benefits will not be reviewed de novo where the language of an erisa plan gives the administrator or fiduciary discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or to construe the terms of the plan holding that the district court is limited to considering the administrative record in reviewing the denial of benefits under an erisa plan holding that in its review of the irs exercise of discretion the court is limited to a review of the administrative record holding that an erisa plan administrator is not bound by an ssa disability determination when reviewing a claim for benefits holding that reviewing court may consider trial evidence in reviewing denial of motion to suppress