Escobedo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ESCOBEDO, Case No. 1:24-cv-01153-KES-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO SERVE DEFENDANT

v. HALLAIAN BROTHERS, LLC BY

SERVING THE CALIFORNIA

BUFFET CONCEPTS, INC., et al., SECRETARY OF STATE WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

Defendants. (ECF No. 8) 13 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to serve Defendant Hallaian Brothers, LLC by serving the California Secretary of State, filed on December 24, 2024. (ECF No. 8.) For the following reasons, the Court denies Plaintiff’s application without prejudice. I. BACKGROUND On September 27, 2024, Plaintiff initiated this action alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and related California law against Defendants Buffet Concepts, Inc.1 and Hallaian Brothers, LLC. (ECF No. 1.) The same day, summonses were issued for each Defendant. (ECF No. 2.) Defendant Hallaian Brothers, LLC is …