Mobley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE Case No. 23-cv-05914-LB

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12 Plaintiff-in-Interpleader, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS v. Re: ECF No. 42 ERICKA MOBLEY, et al., 15 Defendants-in-Interpleader. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT This is an interpleader action involving two former spouses’ competing claims to the life- insurance proceeds of the decedent husband Andrew Speight.1 Defendant-in-interpleader Nanhui Speight Jo was most recently married to Mr. Speight and is the administrator of his estate. Defendant-in-interpleader Erika Mobley was married to Mr. Speight from 2002 to 2017, during which time Mr. Speight took out a life-insurance policy and named Ms. Mobley as the beneficiary. Mr. Speight never changed that beneficiary designation.2 Ms. Mobley now moves to dismiss one of Ms. Speight Jo’s cross-claims for lack of subject- matter jurisdiction under…