All three judges hearing the appeal of a bid to prevent California from shifting liability for wildfires from utilities to taxpayers said federal courts lack jurisdiction in the case. FILE – In this Sept. 9, 2020, file photo, taken with a slow shutter speed, embers light up a hillside behind the Bidwell Bar Bridge as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) (CN) — An effort to prevent the state of California from reforming the way it holds utilities accountable for wildfires started by their equipment appears doomed at the Ninth Circuit, with a panel of judges indicating they shouldn’t even be hearing the case at all