Williams v. United States

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 HARRY H WILLIAMS, III; PAULA Case No. 3:22-cv-05640-TMC 8 WILLIAMS, FINDINGS OF FACT AND 9 CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 Defendant. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 On August 30, 2022, Plaintiffs Harry H. Williams, III and Paula Williams filed a 16 complaint against Defendant United States of America, alleging that the negligence of Oregon 17 National Guard officers conducting a training exercise at the Umatilla Training Center on May 18 23, 2016, led to a wildfire that obscured…