Mundi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JASVIRO MUNDI, as successor in  interest to Harnam Singh Mundi, No. 07-16171 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV 06-1493 OWW

UNION SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE

OPINION

CO.,

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed February 11, 2009

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, William A. Fletcher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tashima

1673 1676 MUNDI v. UNION SECURITY LIFE

COUNSEL

Shane Reich, Fresno, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Kevin A. Rogers, Wells Marble & Hurst, Ridgeland, Missis- sippi, for the defendant-appellant.

OPINION

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Union Security Life Insurance Company (“USLIC”) appeals a decision of the district court denying its motion to compel arbitration in its dispute with Jasviro Mundi, the widow of Decedent Harnam S. Mundi. USLIC issued a life insurance policy to cover a loan taken out by Decedent. The life insurance policy did…