Opinion
No. 16-56660
03-23-2018
JOYCE O'NEILIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Erroneously Sued As Allstate Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 8:15-cv-01464-DOC-JCG MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding Before: LEAVY, M. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Joyce O'Neilin appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her diversity action arising from an automobile accident. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c). Lyon v. Chase Bank USA, N.A., 656 F.3d 877, 883 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed O'Neilin's action because O'Neilin failed to allege facts sufficient to show coverage under her insurance policy with defendant. See Cal. State Auto. Ass'n v. Foster, 17 Cal. Rptr. 2d 635, 636-38 & n.1 (Ct. App. 1993) (person lacking possession but retaining registered title in a motor vehicle is an owner of the vehicle); Bohannon v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 212 Cal. Rptr. 848, 851 (Ct. App. 1985) (person listed as registered owner on DMV records, even if the person has no physical possession or control of the vehicle, is considered an owner of the vehicle); see also State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Davis, 7 F.3d 180, 184 (9th Cir. 1993) (affirming summary judgment for insurer on California breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing claims because coverage did not exist for the conduct at issue).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening briefs, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.