Manouchehr Rashidi v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange

39 F.3d 1188 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Manouchehr RASHIDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Truck Insurance Exchange, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17383. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 6, 1994. * Decided Oct. 31, 1994. 1 Before: PREGERSON, WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and FONG, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Appellant Manouchehr Rashidi, who was named as a defendant in forty-three civil suits, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants, Farmers Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange ("TIE"), in Rashidi's diversity action. In that action, Rashidi alleged that TIE acted in bad faith in settling the civil actions brought against him. The district court granted the motion for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 because it found that TIE's decision to settle was clearly reasonable and within its right under the terms of the insurance policy. We have jurisdiction…