Vogel

I. INTRODUCTION

22 On November 2, 2021, Plaintiff American General Life Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”) 23 filed a motion for leave to deposit funds into the registry of the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 67 24 (Doc. 14) and a motion for default judgment against Defendants Esperanza Vargas Vogel 25 (“Defendant Vogel”) and Monico Rodriguez (“Defendant Rodriguez”), as Trustee of the Esperanza 26 Vargas Special Needs Trust (collectively, “Defendants”), pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2) (Doc. 27 15). No opposition to either motion has been filed. (See Docket.) 28 After having reviewed the papers and supporting material, the matter was deemed suitable for decision without oral argument pursuant to E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230(g), and the Court vacated the hearing set for December 8, 2021. (Doc. 16.) For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that the motion for default judgment be denied, and the Court denies the motion for leave to deposit funds.1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND2 On May 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed this diversity action seeking a declaration pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28…