Shaw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAURENCE JAY SHAW, Case No. 24-cv-05826-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF

v. PROCESS

EDWIN DARIO MANZANO GARCIA, et Re: Dkt. No. 13 al., 11 Defendants. 12 In August 2024, pro se Plaintiff Laurence Jay Shaw filed an application for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”). See Dkt. No. 4. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants Edwin Dario Manzano Garcia and Veronica Rosibel Manzano Garcia were previously employees of Plaintiff’s company in Guatemala. See Dkt. No. 1 at ¶ 1. Plaintiff alleges that in October 2023, they “seized” online and physical assets from Plaintiff’s company, and began operating their own “counterfeit” company, Defendant Knightsbridge Sleep Solutions LLC. Id. Plaintiff seeks a TRO preventing Defendants from using Plaintiff’s intellectual property and requiring Defendants to provide Plaintiff re-access to his email and online accounts. See Dkt. No. 4. The Court found that…