Poe

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 4 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHERI POE, on behalf of herself and all No. 23-3124 others similarly situated, D.C. No. 8:21-cv-02065-SPG-E Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellee.

CHERI POE, No. 23-3243 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 8:21-cv-02065-SPG-E v.

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Sherilyn Peace Garnett, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2025 Pasadena, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: SCHROEDER, MILLER, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff-Appellant Cheri Poe seeks to represent a class of life insurance

beneficiaries who claim that Defendant Northwestern Mutual Life…