PacifiCorp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SISKIYOU COUNTY, No. 2:22-cv-1582 DAD DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER PACIFICORP, Defendant. 16 Pending before the court is defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 9.) On October 17, 2023, the assigned District Judge referred the motion to the undersigned for issuance of findings and recommendations. (ECF No. 28.) For the reasons stated below, the undersigned recommends that defendant’s motion be denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Siskiyou County (“County”) commenced this action on August 10, 2022, by filing a complaint in the Sacramento County Superior Court. (ECF No. 1-1 at 2.1) The complaint alleges that defendant Pacificorp is an Oregon corporation doing business as a public utility in Northern California. (Id. at 6.) Pacificorp generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to 27 1 Page number citations…