Long

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 10 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RICHARD D. LONG, No. 24-1557 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cv-01325-AR v.

MEMORANDUM*

FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY

CORPORATION,

Defendant - Appellant,

and

3M COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Karin J. Immergut, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

1 Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Long sued fifty-one defendants in Oregon state

court for manufacturing asbestos-containing products that allegedly caused him to

develop malignant pleural mesothelioma. After discovery revealed that Long was

present on Navy ships, defendant Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (Foster

Wheeler) removed Long’s case to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1442, the federal

officer removal statute. Long…