Melody Spear v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MELODY J. SPEAR, No. 23-35356

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 6:22-cv-00113-MK

v.

MEMORANDUM*

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE

INSURANCE COMPANY, and/or its/their unknown business entity and/or subsidiary, a foreign business corporation,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Mustafa T. Kasubhai, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 23, 2024** Portland, Oregon

Before: LEE, VANDYKE, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Oregon law mandates certain minimum coverage for uninsured motorists in

all motor vehicle liability insurance policies. Oregon Revised Statutes (“ORS”)

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 742.504(1)–(12). If a policy provides less favorable coverage than the…