Tillis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNESTINE TILLIS, Case No.: 20cv2294 DMS(WVG)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY Defendants. 16 On January 22, 2020, Plaintiff Ernestine Tillis, proceeding pro se, filed a form Complaint against Defendant Geico Indemnity Company in San Diego Superior Court. In the three-page form Complaint, Plaintiff checked the boxes marked “Motor Vehicle” and “Other”, and indicates she is seeking punitive damages in the amount of $250,000. Defendant removed the case to this Court on November 24, 2020, on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. The documents attached to the form Complaint indicate that Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident on May 18, 2018. On February 4, 2019, Plaintiff reported the accident to the police. According to the traffic report, Plaintiff was stopped at a stop sign behind another vehicle, that vehicle…