Nease v. GEICO Casualty Company

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 * * * 7 LUCIA SOARES NEASE, Case No. 2:19-CV-642 JCM (VCF) 8 Plaintiff(s), ORDER 9 v. 10 GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY, 11 Defendant(s). 12 13 Presently before the court is GEICO Casualty Company’s (“defendant”) motion to dismiss 14 or, in the alternative, sever and stay the case. (ECF Nos. 5, 6).1 Plaintiff Lucia Nease (“plaintiff”) 15 filed a single response to both motions (ECF No. 8), to which defendant replied (ECF No. 9). 16 I. Facts 17 The instant action arises from plaintiff’s car accident with non-party Robert Sullivan 18…