Carrington v. City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REMAND AND GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

[Dkt. # s 2 <& 9]

Ronald B. Leighton, United States District Judge

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand [Dkt. #9] and Defendant Tacoma Public Utility’s Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. # 2], The twenty-three Plaintiffs own property in the flood plain of the Skokomish River, downstream from TPU’s Cushman Hydroelectric Project. In September 2016, Plaintiffs sued TPU in Mason County Superior Court, alleging state tort claims for damages resulting from TPU’s 2008 FERC-mandated flow regime for the…