Eble
Eble v. Nissan North America, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 James Eble, No. 2:22-cv-01701-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Nissan North America, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff James Eble filed this action in September 2022. See Compl., ECF No. 1. A year 18 later, plaintiffs counsel filed a notice representing plaintiff died on September 12, 2023. See Suggestion of Death, ECF No. 38. Plaintiffs counsel then filed a supplement with the decedent’s 20 certificate of death. See Supplement, ECF No. 40. Counsel informed the court decedent’s family was unlikely to raise an estate, however, decedent’s son, his sole heir and successor, would file a motion within thirty days if he wished to seek leave to substitute as plaintiffs successor-in- 23 interest. /d. The court noted it was unclear whether counsel properly served the notice of death on the 25 appropriate parties. Prior Order, ECF No. 42. The court therefore directed…