Devillena

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Marjorie Devillena, No. 2:22-ev-00261-KIM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. American States Preferred Insurance Company, et al., 15 Defendants. Defendants American States Preferred Insurance Company and Adam Pritchard move to 18 dismiss plaintiff Margorie Devillena’s claims for “insurance bad faith,” unfair competition, and misrepresentation. The court grants the motion with leave to amend in part. 20 I. BACKGROUND Devillena filed an insurance claim with American States after she was struck by a pickup 22 truck and suffered a disc protrusion. First Am. Compl. (FAC) 9§ 16, 19, ECF No. 24. Pritchard was assigned as the adjuster. /d. § 17. Devillena made an initial offer of $85,000 to resolve her 24 claim. /d. After receiving the offer, Pritchard did not request additional documents or recorded 25 statements. /d. 420. Nor did he subpoena medical records. /d. On behalf of American…