Beverly Burton v. the Prudential Insurance Co.

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Beverly Burton, on behalf of herself and a potential class of California life insurance beneficiaries, appeals from the district court’s judgment in favor of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). As the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here. We review de novo both questions of statutory interpretation, Schleining v. Thomas, 642 F.3d 1242, 1246 (9th Cir. 2011), and dismissals for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6), Weiland v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 778 F.3d 1112,…