Brighthouse Separate Account A, et al. – ‘N-4/A’ on 4/19/16 – ‘EX-99.9’

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Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement for a Separate Account (Unit Investment Trust)   —   Form N-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: N-4/A       Series Va Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1              402   2.51M 
 6: COVER     ¶ Comment-Response or Cover Letter to the SEC            2      3K 
 7: CORRESP   ¶ Comment-Response or Other Letter to the SEC            1      2K 
 8: CORRESP   ¶ Comment-Response or Other Letter to the SEC            2      2K 
 4: EX-99.10    Consent of Independent Registered Public               1      6K 
                Accounting Firm (Deloitte & Touche LLP)                          
 5: EX-99.13    Powers of Attorney                                    15    156K 
 2: EX-99.5     Variable Annuity Application                          11     65K 
 3: EX-99.9     Opinion of Counsel                                     2     10K 

‘EX-99.9’   —   Opinion of Counsel

EX-99.9
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MetLife                                                        [LOGO OF Metlife]
1095 Avenue of the Americas                                                     
19th Floor                                                                      
New York, NY  10036                                                             
212 578-2211                                                                    

NANCY H. BADEER                                                                 
VP & Associate General Counsel                                                  
Law Department                                                                  
Tel 212  578-6810    Fax 212  251-1566                                          

April 19, 2016                                                                  

Board of Directors                                                              
MetLife Insurance Company USA                                                   
1209 Orange Street                                                              
Wilmington, DE 19801                                                            

Re:  Opinion of Counsel - MetLife Investors USA Separate Account A Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 under the   
   Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 618 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (File Nos. 333-209053/811-03365)                          

Ladies and Gentlemen:                                                           

I am an Associate General Counsel to the MetLife Group and provide legal counsel
to MetLife Insurance Company USA ("Company").  You have requested my Opinion of 
Counsel in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange          
Commission of the above referenced Registration Statements for the Variable     
Annuity Contracts (the "Contracts") to be issued by the Company and its separate
account MetLife Investors USA Separate Account A ("Separate Account").          

I have made such examination of the law and have examined such records and      
documents as in my judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render 
the opinions expressed below.                                                   

I am of the following opinions:                                                 

1. The Company is duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of    
Delaware and has been duly authorized to do business and to issue variable      
annuity contracts by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware.       

2. MetLife Investors USA Separate Account A is a separate investment account of 
the Company and is validly existing pursuant to the laws of the State of        
Delaware and is a Unit Investment Trust as that term is defined in Section 4(2) 
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"), and is currently registered  
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Section 8(a) of the    
Act.                                                                            

3. Upon the acceptance of purchase payments made by an Owner pursuant to a      
Contract issued in accordance with the Prospectus contained in the Registration 
Statement                                                                       

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Board of Directors                                                              
MetLife Insurance Company USA                                             Page 2
April 19, 2016                                                                  

and upon compliance with applicable law, such an Owner will have a legally      
issued and binding contractual obligation of the Company.                       

4. Assets of the Separate Account are not chargeable with liabilities arising   
out of any other business the Company may conduct.                              

You may use this opinion letter, or a copy thereof, as an exhibit to the        
Registration Statement.                                                         

Sincerely,                                                                      

/s/ Nancy H. Badeer                                                             

Nancy H. Badeer                                                                 
VP & Associate General Counsel                                                  

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

				Referenced-On Page
This ‘N-4/A’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
Filed on:		4/19/16		1		2			N-4/A
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5 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/10/24  Brighthouse Separate Account A    485BPOS     4/29/24    9:11M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/12/23  Brighthouse Separate Account A    485BPOS     5/01/23   12:9.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/13/22  Brighthouse Separate Account A    485BPOS     4/29/22    6:2.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/14/21  Brighthouse Separate Account A    485BPOS     4/30/21    3:2.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/13/20  Brighthouse Separate Account A    485APOS¶   10/13/20    4:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA