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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Jeremy RYAN, Case No.: 25-cv-2348-AGS-BLM

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

Plaintiff, MOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE v. SERVICE (ECF 19)

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Defendant. 9 Plaintiff Jeremy Ryan, proceeding without an attorney and in forma pauperis, seeks 10 permission to serve defendant through alternative means. (See ECF 19.) Generally, the 11 Federal Rules require specific means to serve a would-be international defendant, but a 12 catch-all provision allows service, with court approval, on a defendant “not within any 13 judicial district of the United States” by any “other means not prohibited by international 14 agreement.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3). Based on that provision, Ryan requests that this Court 15 authorize electronic service on defendant. Ryan is aware that defendant is an international 16 company, and he has been unable, despite diligent record searches, to determine its 17 physical address.1 (See ECF 19-2, at 4–5.) 18 Specifically,…