Litvak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY Case No. 24-cv-01532-TSH

CORPORATION,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE v. Re: Dkt. No.

VLADMIR LITVAK,

11 Defendant. 12 I. INTRODUCTION Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) requests the Court permit service of the summons and complaint on Defendant Vladmir Litvak via posting at his last known address and electronic mail. ECF No. 9. For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS the motion. II. BACKGROUND PBGC, as statutory trustee of the Volk Electric Inc. Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), filed this action on March 13, 2024 under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1301-1461 (2012 & Supp. IV 2017). It seeks to recover losses suffered by the Plan as a result of the Litvak’s alleged violations of ERISA. Compl., ECF No. 1. From…