Orange County Water District v. 3m Company
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT; No. 21-55778 et al., D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellees, 8:21-cv-01029-SVW-AS
v.
MEMORANDUM*
3M COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellant,
and
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS &
COMPANY; et al.,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 15, 2022 Pasadena, California
Before: OWENS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN,** District Judge.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Dana L. Christensen, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. Defendant-Appellant 3M Company (“3M”) challenges the district court’s
remanding of this case to California state court on timeliness grounds. We reverse.
We review a district court’s decision to remand a removed lawsuit de novo.