Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Gudelia Galicia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 METROPOLITAN LIFE Case No. 5:19-cv-01412-JWH-KKx

INSURANCE COMPANY,

12 Plaintiff-in-Interpleader, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW v. PURSUANT TO RULE 52(a)(1) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL GUDELIA GALICIA, an individual; PROCEDURE ANA DURAN, in her capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Jorge Duran; DESIREE ARLENE LECEA, an individual; and FOREST LAWN MORTUARY, a California Corporation, Defendants-in- Interpleader. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND This interpleader action involves competing claims over the proceeds of a life insurance policy for Decedent Jorge Duran that was issued by Plaintiff-in- Interpleader Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). MetLife filed the complaint commencing this action on July 31, 2019. Defendant-in- Interpleader Desiree Lecea, on the one hand, and Defendants-in-Interpleader Gudelia…