Orange County Water District v. 3M Company

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

July 19, 2021 Case No. 8:21-cv-01029-SVW-AS Date

Orange County Water District et al v. 3M Company et al Title

Present: The Honorable STEPHEN V. WILSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

Paul M. Cruz N/A

Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants:

N/A N/A

Proceedings: ORDER GRANTING [39] MOTION TO REMAND.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to remand. Dkt. 39. The Court finds that the motion is suitable for disposition without oral argument. See L.R. 7-15. For the below reasons, the motion is

GRANTED.

I. Removal Was Not Ascertainable from Either of Plaintiffs’ Complaints.

Plaintiffs argue that removal was ascertainable from Plaintiffs’ initial and amended complaints because, although the complaints do not specifically mention military installations as a source of groundwater contamination, they nevertheless “encompass PFOA and PFOS contamination resulting from the use of any of 3M’s products containing PFOA or PFOS in Orange County.” Mot. at 8. Plaintiffs…