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Oct. 21, 2019

US Judge James Donato will decide challenge to wildfire fund

The lawsuit challenging wildfire funding bill AB 1054 has officially been re-assigned from U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen to U.S. District Judge James Donato for all further proceedings.

A U.S. judge appointed to calculate the extent of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s wildfire liabilities now has a new assignment: Presiding over a lawsuit questioning the utility's conduct and the state fund that bails utilities out.

The executive committee of the Northern District of California signed off on the judicial reassignment Friday after having determined it would be easier to have Judge $95

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