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Submitted: September 24, 2009

Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Jeremy Braden, an employee of Wal-Mart and participant in its employee retirement plan (Plan), brought this putative class action against appellees-Wal-Mart and various executives involved in the management of the Plan. Braden alleges that they violated fiduciary duties imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Appellees moved for dismissal under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). The district court granted the motion, concluding that Braden lacked constitutional standing to assert claims based on breaches of fiduciary duty prior to the date he first contributed to the Plan and that he otherwise failed to state any plausible claim upon which relief could be granted.*fn1 Braden timely appealed. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

 
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