Franklin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC FRANKLIN, et al., No. 2:22-cv-00465-MCE-CKD Plaintiffs, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PACIFICORP, et al., Defendants. 16 By way of this action, a number of homeowners, renters, business owners, residents, occupants, and property owners (hereafter, “Plaintiffs”) seek to recover damages incurred arising from the so-called Slater Fire, a September 2020 conflagration that they allege damaged or destroyed more than 700 structures and burned more than 157,000 acres within the Klamath National Forest. Compl., ECF No. 1-1 ¶¶ 7–8. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant PacifiCorp (“Defendant” or “PacifiCorp”), an electrical power provider, caused the fire both by negligent vegetation management and the negligent inspection, repair, maintenance, and operation of the electrical equipment in its utility infrastructure. Id. ¶¶ 6, 20. Plaintiffs initiated this matter, setting forth claims for inverse condemnation, trespass, nuisance,…