McGranahan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 20 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL MCGRANAHAN, No. 24-1037 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 5:22-cv-00125-FLA-kk v.

MEMORANDUM*

GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE

COMPANY, DOES, 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 15, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD, FRIEDLAND, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge FRIEDLAND.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Plaintiff-Appellant Michael McGranahan appeals the district court’s grant of

summary judgment for Defendant-Appellee GEICO Indemnity Co. (“Geico”) in a

suit asserting breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s

grant of…