Fred Dardashti v. State Farm General Insurance Company

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUL 2 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRED DARDASHTI, No. 23-55191

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-02002-SVW-MRW v.

STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE MEMORANDUM*

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; DOES, 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 3, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH and BADE, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,** District Judge.

After an incident involving a water pipe caused water damage to Fred

Dardashti’s home, he filed a claim under his homeowners insurance policy (the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. “Policy”). His insurance provider, State Farm General Insurance Company (“State

Farm”),…