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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal Libel,Assault,Slander

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOYCE YAMAGIWA, TRUSTEE OF THE

TRUST CREATED UNDER TRUST

AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 30, 1980

BY CHARLES J KEENAN, III AND ANNE

MARIE KENNAN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF

CHARLES J KEENAN IV, AS TO AN

UNDIVIDED 50% INTEREST, AND

TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST CREATED

UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED

JANUARY 30, 1980, BY CHARLES J

KEENAN III AND ANNE MARIE KEENAN

FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANN MARIE

KEENAN, AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 50%

INTEREST,

Plaintiff,

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CITY OF HALF MOON BAY, COASTSIDE

COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND DOES 1-

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Defendants.

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No C 05-4149 VRW

ORDER

Joyce Yamagiwa (“Yamagiwa”), brought this action alleging

that defendant City of Half Moon Bay (“City”) damaged certain real

property that she holds in trust. Doc #1-2. Yamagiwa brought a

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federal claim for inverse condemnation under the Fifth Amendment of

the United States Constitution and pendent state claims for inverse

condemnation, nuisance, trespass and recovery of amounts paid to

finance public improvements. Id. The action was filed in San

Mateo superior court on September 8, 2005. On October 13, 2005,

the City removed the action to this court under 28 USC § 1441(b) on

the basis of Yamagiwa’s Fifth Amendment claim. Doc #1. The case

was tried before this court without a jury on June 6, 7 and July 2,

3, 5, 6, 9, 11 and 12. Doc ##173-175, 177, 179, 181, 186-188.

In an order entered September 18, 2007, the court noted

that Yamagiwa did not address her federal claim for inverse

condemndation in her post-trial papers. Doc #205. The court set a

schedule for Yamagiwa to serve and file supplemental memoranda on

her federal claim and for the City to respond. Id. Those papers

are now complete. Doc ##206, 207.

In its supplemental memoranda on Yamagiwa’s federal

claim, the City argues for the first time that the case should be

remanded to San Mateo superior court for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction. Specifically, the City argues that Yamagiwa’s

federal takings claim is unripe because Yamagiwa has not yet sought

compensation for the alleged taking by exhausting California’s

inverse condemnation procedures in state court as purportedly

required by Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v

Hamilton Bank, 473 US 172 (1985) and Cassettari v Nevada County,

California, 824 F2d 735 (9th Cir 1987). 

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Given the suggestion that jurisdiction is lacking,

Yamagiwa is ORDERED to serve and file supplemental memoranda on or

before November 2, 2007 addressing whether this court has subject

matter jurisdiction to resolve this action. The City may respond

on or before November 9, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

VAUGHN R WALKER

United States District Chief Judge

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