(March 16, 2017, 11:57 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on March 13 denied a disability claimant’s motion to remand and granted a disability insurer’s motion to dismiss after determining that a breach of contract claim is completely preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (James Heldt v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. 16-885, S.D. Calif.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36490)....