ORDER
This case was removed, from D.C. Superior Court on September 14, 2015. See Notice of Removal [Dkt. 1]. Plaintiffs allege that they have been overcharged for their medical records by the hospital Defendants, as have been “many hundreds of people who have[ ] obtained their medical records from Defendants in the District of Columbia.” See Class Action Complaint [Dkt. 1-1 at 7] (Complaint) ¶ 55. Plaintiffs assert a cause of action only under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act, D.C.Code § 28-3901 et seq. (2015).
Defendants removed to this Court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.'S.C. § 1332(d) (CAFA). That' statute confers original jurisdiction upon federal courts to hear class actions where: (1) there are 100 or more plaintiffs; (2) any plaintiff is diverse from any defendant; and (3) there is more than $5,000,000 in controversy. See id. §§ 1332(d)(5)(B); 1332(d)(2). The parties agree that the first two elements are satisfied. Although they dispute the third, the Court need not reach that question because it will remand the case under the “interests of justice” exception in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(3). The exception is applicable because “greater *29than one-third but less than two-thirds of the [putative class] members” are D.C. citizens, and the factors enumerated in §§ 1332(d)(3)(A)-(F) suggest that the case be remanded.
First, Plaintiffs’ right to recover ultimately turns on what is an “improper trade practice” and a “reasonable fee” under the D.C.Code, §§ 28 — 3901(b)(1) and 3-1210.11, respectively. The Complaint does refer to federal law in an attempt to demonstrate that the fees were unreasonable under D.C. law. See Complaint ¶ 70 (“Defendants’ charges for medical records violate the limitations on charges for medical records set forth in HIPAA, the HITECH Act and related regulations.”) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 17935(e); 45 C.F.R. § 164.524(c)(4)). But federal law does not control the outcome; a D.C. judge might well rule that Plaintiffs’ reference to federal standards is unconvincing. In the end, “the claims asserted will be governed by laws of the State in which the action was originally filed.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(3)(B).1
District Hospital Partners’ (DHP’s) memorandum bolsters this conclusion. In response to the argument that the D.C.Code is informed by federal law, DHP says that “[t]hat is an incorrect statement of law.” DHP Mem. [Dkt. 21] at 12. As they put it:
The “reasonable fee” provision that Plaintiffs cite as controlling law in this case makes absolutely no mention of HIPAA being a basis for the calculation of reasonable fees. D.C.Code § 3-1210.11. In fact, D.C.Code § 3-1210.11(b)(1) states as follows:
A health care provider may require the patient or client, or person authorized to have access to the patient’s or client’s record, to pay a reasonable fee for copying, as determined by the board through rulemaking.
Accordingly, when this code section was implemented, the District of Columbia Health and Occupational Board stated that it intended to define what a reasonable fee for copying would be. It never has promulgated such reguMions, nor has it suggested that HIPAA cost regulations should be followed. Plaintiffs’ suggestion to the contrary is a misstatement of the present law.
Id. While perhaps intending to preview the merits of this case, DHP has ably shown why the issue presented is state, not federal, and thus why the case should be remanded.
Second, although most patients at both hospitals reside outside the District of Columbia, that alone does not create a sufficient “national or interstate” interest to sustain removal. Id. § 1332(d)(3)(A). If it did, then the exception in § 1332(d)(3) would never apply. CAFA was meant to ameliorate specific abuses by state courts in class-action litigation, including: “(A) keeping cases of national importance out of Federal court; (B) [demonstrating] bias *30against out-of-State defendants; and (C) making judgments that impose their view of the law on other States and bind the rights of the residents of those States.” Pub.L. 109-2, § 2(a)(4), 119 Stat. 5 (2005). None of those concerns arises here: the case has no national importance,2 is against D.C. defendants, only, and can only result in a pronouncement of D.C. law.
Finally, the action was brought in a forum with a “distinct nexus” with the “alleged harm [and] the defendants.” Id. § 1332(d)(3)(D). Both Defendants conduct business in the District of Columbia, willingly subjecting themselves to the jurisdiction of D.C. courts. The alleged harm also occurred exclusively in the District of Columbia. See Complaint ¶ 53 (defining putative class members as those requesting records “in the District of Columbia”).
On balance, the factors under the “interests of justice” exception to CAFA, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(3), counsel remanding the case. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that Defendants’ motions for leave to file a sur-reply [Dkts. 23, 24] are GRANTED; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ motion to remand [Dkt. 13] is GRANTED and the case is REMANDED to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
This case is closed.