Shaw

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

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR

LETTERS ROGATORY AND

v. DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW

CAUSE

EDWIN DARIO MANZANO GARCIA, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 27, 28 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 (“Compl.”) 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. According to the complaint, Mr. Garcia and Ms. Garcia reside in Guatemala, and Knightsbridge is a New Mexico limited liability company. See id. at ¶¶ 1, 7–9, 45. …