Duncan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAVEN DUNCAN, No. 2:18-cv-01174-KJM-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 STATE FARM MUTUAL

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

15 COMPANY, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) 19 moves for summary judgment. Mot. for Summ. J. (“MSJ”), ECF No. 26. Plaintiff Raven Duncan 20 opposes. Opp’n, ECF No. 32. Defendant replied. Reply, ECF No. 40. 21 The court heard argument on the motion on May 15, 2020 in a telephonic hearing, 22 in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Rachel Renno appeared for plaintiff, Stephen Ellingson 23 appeared for defendant. The court now GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motion. 24 I. BACKGROUND FACTS 25 The following facts derive from both parties’ statements of undisputed facts, the 26 parties’ responses to those statements, evidence cited in those statements, and the court’s review 27 of the record. See Def.’s Statement of Undisputed Facts (Def.’s SUF), ECF No.…