Pontier
Pontier v. GEICO Insurance
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID PONTIER, Case No.: 21cv199-LL-AHG
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. STAY
GEICO INSURANCE, et al., [ECF No. 67] Defendants. 16 Before the Court is Plaintiff David Pontier’s Motion to stay this case pending resolution of the petition for writ of certiorari he filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on December 11, 2023 seeking review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District that affirmed an order by this Court in a related case. ECF No. 67. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion. I. BACKGROUND This case originated on August 5, 2020 when Plaintiff filed a complaint in federal court in Nevada against GEICO Insurance, Farmers Insurance, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Phia Group, LLC, the State Bar of California, the State of California, Joseph Dang, Glenn C. Nusbaum, Kevin Yoo, and Paul E. Kim, M.D. Inc. alleging conversion, bad…