Case Name: Kent PIVONKA; James Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; Allstate Property and Casualty Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-02-27
Citations: 558 F. App'x 756
Docket Number: No. 12-15068
Parties: Kent PIVONKA; James Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; Allstate Property and Casualty Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and ADELMAN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 558
Pages: 756–757

Head Matter:
Kent PIVONKA; James Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; Allstate Property and Casualty Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-15068.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 12, 2014.
Filed Feb. 27, 2014.
Steven Campora, Dreyer Babich Buceóla & Callaham, LLP, Curtis Brooks Cutter, John R. Parker, Jr., Esquire, Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Mark L. Hanover, Dentons U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Sonia Martin, Dentons U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and ADELMAN, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Lynn S. Adelman, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Kent Pivonka appeals the district court's order granting Allstate Insurance Company's motion to compel appraisal and stay litigation of his putative class action.
Appraisal is a form of arbitration under California law. See, e.g., Doan v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co., 195 Cal.App.4th 1082, 125 Cal.Rptr.3d 793, 801 (2011). We therefore lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal. See 9 U.S.C. § 16(b); Dees v. Billy, 394 F.3d 1290, 1294 (9th Cir.2005) ("We therefore hold that a district court order staying judicial proceedings and compelling arbitration is not appeal-ablet.]").
DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. Pivonka's motion to take judicial notice of court records, filed with this Court on January 16, 2014, is DENIED as moot.