Dominik Spang v. Bonnie Huizenga

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 25 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BONNIE HUIZENGA, No. 20-17515

Defendant-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv-08320-JJT

v. MEMORANDUM*

DOMINIK SPANG,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

SONJA DITTMAN; HERRN DOMINIK

SPANG,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Joseph Tuchi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 20, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: TALLMAN, OWENS, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Bonnie Huizenga appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in

favor of Dominik Spang in this interpleader action filed to determine the beneficiary

of Dirk Spang’s life insurance and the proceeds from his 401(k) plan.

Dirk was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, and his close friend, Sondrea

Liska, helped care for him during this time. According to an unsworn letter…