ROBYN HOLLOWAY and STERLING HOLLOWAY v. United States of America

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROBYN HOLLOWAY and STERLING
HOLLOWAY,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee,
v.
SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, Proposed Intervenor-
Plaintiff; et al.,
Movant - Appellant.
No. 14-16079
D.C. No. 2:12-cv-02120-MCE-
CKD
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Morrison C. England, Jr., Chief District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 12, 2016**
San Francisco, California
FILED
FEB 17 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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Before: SILVERMAN and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges and LASNIK,*** District
Judge.
Security National Insurance Company appeals the district court’s denial of
its motion to intervene in a Federal Tort Claim Act action filed by Robyn and
Sterling Holloway. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and review
de novo. Vacek v. U.S. Postal Serv., 447 F.3d 1248, 1250 (9th Cir. 2006);
Canatella v. California, 404 F.3d 1106, 1112 (9th Cir. 2005). We affirm.
The district court properly denied for lack of subject matter jurisdiction the
insurance company’s request to intervene because no party filed an administrative
claim on behalf of the insurance company. See 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a); McNeil v.
United States, 508 U.S. 106, 113 (1993); Brady v. United States, 211 F.3d 499, 502
(9th Cir. 2000). Because the filing of an administrative claim pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2675(a) is jurisdictional, Security National’s arguments that it could
intervene under the various rules of civil procedure lack merit. See Fed. R. Civ. P.
82; Canatella, 404 F.3d at 1113.
AFFIRMED.
*** The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, Senior District Judge for the U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.
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