Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Gaylyn Li, AKA Gaylyn Li-Ma Michael A. Stephens, AKA Michael A. Cunningham
Opinion
Opinion
78 F.3d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gaylyn LI, aka Gaylyn Li-Ma; Michael A. Stephens, aka Michael A. Cunningham, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-17189. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 4, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** Gaylyn Li and Michael Stephens appeal the district court's summary judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance Company in Allstate's diversity action seeking a declaratory judgment that Allstate was not required to defend and indemnify Li and Stephens in an underlying state court action. Federal "[c]ourts should generally decline to assert jurisdiction in insurance coverage and other declaratory relief actions presenting only issues of state law during the pendency of parallel proceedings in state court." American National Fire Insurance Co. v. Hungerford, 53 F.3d…