Desai
Desai v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PRAVIN O. DESAI, No. 1:20-cv-00058-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLANTIFF’S MOTION
TO REMAND
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., (Doc. No. 7) 15 Defendants.
17 18 This matter is before the court on the motion to remand filed by plaintiff Pravin O. Desai. (Doc. No. 7.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the coronavirus outbreak, on April 22, 2020, the court took the motion under submission to be decided on the papers. (Doc. No. 9.) For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny the motion. BACKGROUND On November 25, 2019, plaintiff filed this action in the Kern County Superior Court against defendants The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Lincoln Life & Annuity Co. of New York, and First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Co. (collectively, “defendants”). (Doc. No. 1.) In his complaint, plaintiff alleges state law…