Johnnie Walker v. Geico General

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHNNIE WALKER, aka PJ’s Auto  Body, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-15357 v. GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE  D.C. No.

CV-06-01703-MCE

COMPANY; GEICO CASUALTY

COMPANY; and GEICO INDEMNITY

CO.,

Defendant-Appellees. 

JOHNNIE WALKER, aka PJ’s Auto  Body, No. 07-15424 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-06-01618-

USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE MCE/DAD

COMPANY, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Morrison C. England, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 11, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed March 10, 2009

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, William C. Canby, Jr. and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges.

3111 3112 WALKER v. GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE Opinion by Judge Schroeder WALKER v. GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE 3113

COUNSEL

Douglas L. Johnson, Beverly Hills, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Richard A. Derevan, Costa Mesa, California, for the…