Tran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLSTATE NORTHBROOK INDEMNITY COMPANY, No. 2:24-cv-00560-TLN-JDP 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 TRINH TRAN, an individual; and STEVE ORDER LIERLY, an individual, Defendants. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Strike Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(f). (ECF No. 17.) Defendants Trinh Tran (“Tran”) and Steve Lierly (“Lierly”) (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff filed a reply. (ECF No. 20.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED. /// /// /// /// /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In November 2019, Defendants were involved in an auto accident. (ECF No. 12 at 6.) At the time of the accident, Lierly had an insurance policy with Plaintiff which had a bodily injury liability limit of $250,000 per person. (Id.) In April 2020 and again in April 2021, Tran made offers to settle for the…