Thrivent Financial for Luthera v. Johanna Anderson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR  No. 11-35437

LUTHERANS,

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:10-cv-00156-RFC v. District of Montana, LUCIA E. ANDRONESCU, FKA Lucia Billings E. Anderson, Defendant-cross-defendant-  ORDER

CERTIFYING

Appellee, QUESTION TO v. THE SUPREME

JOHANNA M. ANDERSON, COURT OF THE

Defendant-cross-claimant- STATE OF

 Appellant. MONTANA

Filed July 3, 2012

Before: Barry G. Silverman and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Janet C. Hall, District Judge.*

ORDER

I.

Pursuant to Rule 15(3) of the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure, we respectfully request the Montana Supreme Court to exercise its discretion to adjudicate the following question of Montana law:

*The Honorable Janet C. Hall, United States District Judge for the Dis- trict of Connecticut, sitting by designation.

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