Spyres

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 JADA SPYRES, No. 2:21-cv-01147-WBS-AC Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

MOTION TO REMAND

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; EDUARDO ZEITER; and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants. 18 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Jada Spyres (“plaintiff”) brought this action against defendants Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco”) and Eduardo Zeiter because Pruco refused to pay plaintiff the $1 million death benefit from a life insurance policy insuring her partner Zachary Ortiz (“decedent”) after he died on March 23, 2019. (See Notice of Removal, Ex. A (“Compl.”) (Docket No. 1).) 1 26 On November 25, 2020, the parties filed a stipulation with the state court substituting Pruco Life Insurance Company for defendant Prudential Insurance Company of America. (See id.) Although plaintiff continues to refer to defendant Pruco as The thrust of plaintiff’s…