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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Torts to Land

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oral argument. L.R. 78-230(h).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT V. ANDERSON and TRUDY )

M. ANDERSON, )

) 2:06-cv-2179-GEB-KJM

Plaintiffs, )

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v. ) ORDER*

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TRANSMISSION AGENCY OF NORTHERN )

CALIFORNIA and DOES 1-25, )

inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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Plaintiffs move to remand this action to the state court

from which it was removed. Defendant failed to respond to this

motion. The United States of America removed this action under 28

U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1) on behalf of then named defendant Western Area

Power Administration (“WAPA”), an agency of the United States

Department of Energy. (Not. of Removal at 1.) Subsequently,

Plaintiffs dismissed WAPA as a defendant. (Schulz Decl. ¶ 7.) 

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Plaintiffs argue this dismissal removed the basis for federal

jurisdiction and therefore, this action should be remanded to state

court, citing Washington Petroleum & Supply Co. v. Girard Bank, 629

F. Supp. 1224, 1231 (M.D. Pa. 1983) (stating that when a federal basis

of subject matter jurisdiction ceases to exist “the appropriate course

of action to take is to remand [the] case to the [state court]”). 

This action is remanded to the Superior Court of the State of

California in the County of Shasta because of lack of subject matter

jurisdiction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2006

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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