AIG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JONI M. ROTH No. 2:24-cv-1124-TLN-CKD (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 AIG, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On August 28, 2025, the court granted plaintiff Joni Roth’s former attorney’s motion to 18 withdraw as counsel, leaving plaintiff pro se. (ECF No. 38.) Because plaintiff proceeds without 19 counsel, this matter is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 20 § 636(b)(1). 21 This is a diversity jurisdiction case for breach of contract and fraud relating to an annuity 22 plaintiff found in a box of her late father’s documents in January of 2022. (ECF No. 1 at 8-9.) 23 Under the complaint’s allegations, plaintiff has never received any surrender payment. (Id. at 9.) 24 According to defendant, plaintiff surrendered the annuity in 2002. (ECF No. 17-1 at 3.) 25 On August 26, 2025, non-party Kelli Grande filed a “Notice and Disclosure” stating she is 26 plaintiff’s Statutory Durable Power of Attorney and suggesting plaintiff’s cognitive…