William Wren v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 7 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM F. WREN, a California resident, No. 22-56131 individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, D.C. No. 5:21-cv-00178-JGB-SP Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Iowa corporation,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 12, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: TASHIMA, CALLAHAN, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Appellant William Wren appeals the district court’s grant of summary

judgment in favor of Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“Transamerica”).

Transamerica’s predecessor-in-interest issued Wren a life insurance policy in 1990.

After Transamerica allegedly refused to credit the cash value account of his policy

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule…