Cousens

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KRISTENE COUSENS, as Administrator of No. 24-889 the ESTATE OF JOHN L. WITHERS, JR., D.C. No. 2:20-cv-10003-SPG-JPR Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY; TRANSAMERICA

CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

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

Submitted March 7, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: SANCHEZ and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and DONATO,*** District Judge.

* 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). *** The Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. Plaintiff Kristene Cousens, as administrator of the estate of John L.…