Codoni v. Port of Seattle

W.D. Washington

Codoni v. Port of Seattle

DecidedOctober 11, 2024

Docket2:23-cv-00795

StatusUnknown

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3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 CINDY CODONI and MICHELLE CASE NO. 2:23-cv-795-JNW 9 GEER, Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUESTING 10 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING v. 11 PORT OF SEATTLE, ALASKA AIR 12 GROUP, and DELTA AIR LINES INC.,

13 Defendants. 14 The Court has an ongoing duty to assess whether it has subject matter 15 jurisdiction over a case. United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed Inc., 360 16 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004) (“[T]he district court ha[s] a duty to establish subject 17 matter jurisdiction over [a] removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised 18 the issue or not.”). Accordingly, the Court requests supplemental briefing from the 19 parties on the following jurisdictional issues: 20 (1) Whether the Price-Anderson Act applies to the Second Amended 21 Complaint, even though the Second Amended Complaint does not 22 mention a “nuclear incident” or “uranium.” 23 1 (2) Whether this Court has jurisdiction under the Federal Officer Removal 2 Statute, even though the Second Amended Complaint excludes flights

3 controlled by the Department of Defense. 4 (3) Whether this Court has federal-question jurisdiction in light of this 5 District’s ruling in Bearse v. Port of Seattle, Case No. C09-0957-RSL, 6 2009 WL 3066675 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 22, 2009) (Lasnik, J). 7 (4) Whether the following exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act 8 (CAFA) apply: (a) the local-controversy exception, or (b) either the

9 discretionary or mandatory version of the home-state exception 10 (sometimes called the “home-state controversy exception”). 28 U.S.C. 11 §§ 1332(d)(3), (4)(A)–(B). 12 The supplemental briefs addressing these issues may not exceed 4,200 words 13 and must be filed by Wednesday, October 16, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15

16 Dated this 11th day of October, 2024. 17 a Jamal N. Whitehead 18 United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23

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3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE 8 CINDY CODONI and MICHELLE CASE NO. 2:23-cv-795-JNW 9 GEER, Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUESTING 10 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING v. 11 PORT OF SEATTLE, ALASKA AIR 12 GROUP, and DELTA AIR LINES INC.,

13 Defendants. 14 The Court has an ongoing duty to assess whether it has subject matter 15 jurisdiction over a case. United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed Inc., 360 16 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004) (“[T]he district court ha[s] a duty to establish subject 17 matter jurisdiction over [a] removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised 18 the issue or not.”). Accordingly, the Court requests supplemental briefing from the 19 parties on the following jurisdictional issues: 20 (1) Whether the Price-Anderson Act applies to the Second Amended 21 Complaint, even though the Second Amended Complaint does not 22 mention a “nuclear incident” or “uranium.” 23 1 (2) Whether this Court has jurisdiction under the Federal Officer Removal 2 Statute, even though the Second Amended Complaint excludes flights

3 controlled by the Department of Defense. 4 (3) Whether this Court has federal-question jurisdiction in light of this 5 District’s ruling in Bearse v. Port of Seattle, Case No. C09-0957-RSL, 6 2009 WL 3066675 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 22, 2009) (Lasnik, J). 7 (4) Whether the following exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act 8 (CAFA) apply: (a) the local-controversy exception, or (b) either the

9 discretionary or mandatory version of the home-state exception 10 (sometimes called the “home-state controversy exception”). 28 U.S.C. 11 §§ 1332(d)(3), (4)(A)–(B). 12 The supplemental briefs addressing these issues may not exceed 4,200 words 13 and must be filed by Wednesday, October 16, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15

16 Dated this 11th day of October, 2024. 17 a Jamal N. Whitehead 18 United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23

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