Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 BEVERLY R. ALLEN, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-00026-JLT-CDB

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO STAY

v. (Doc. 37) PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Pending before the Court is the motion of Defendants Protective Life Insurance Company and American General Life Insurance Company (“Defendants”) to stay proceedings in this action, filed June 24, 2024, pending an anticipated ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Moriarty v. American General Life Insurance Co., No. 23-3650 (“Moriarty”). (Doc. 37). Plaintiffs Beverly R. Allen and The Danny and Beverly R. Allen Family Trust (“Plaintiffs”) filed an opposition on July 8, 2024 (Doc. 38), and Defendants replied on July 18, 2024 (Doc. 39). Following its review of the parties’ briefs, on July 22, 2024, the Court submitted the motion without oral argument. (Doc. 40) (citing Local Rule 230(g)). I. Background Plaintiffs initiated this action on September 26, 2022, in the Superior Court for…