Cranska

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 14 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEPHEN CRANSKA, No. 24-947 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 9:21-cv-00104-DLC v.

MEMORANDUM*

UMIA INSURANCE, INC.; AMERICAN

CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING,

PENNSYLVANIA; PREFERRED

PHYSICIANS MEDICAL RISK

RETENTION GROUP; JOHN DOES, 1-15,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 24, 2025 Seattle, Washington

Before: McKEOWN and OWENS, Circuit Judges, and KENDALL, District Judge.**

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Virginia M. Kendall, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. Stephen Cranska seeks review of the district court’s order granting UMIA

Insurance, Inc., American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, Preferred

Physicians Medical Risk Retention Group,…