Gray
Stephen W Gray, et al. v. Linda Kelly, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 STEPHEN W GRAY, et al., Case No. 25-cv-07307-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. ALTERNATIVE SERVICE AND SUA
SPONTE EXTENDING THE TIME TO
LINDA KELLY, et al., COMPLETE SERVICE Defendants. [Re: ECF No. 27]
12 I. DISCUSSION On December 17, 2025, the Court extended the deadline for Plaintiffs to serve Defendants Linda Kelly and Walter Joe Fant to January 16, 2026 under Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 23. Plaintiffs have filed a Motion for Alternative Service, which is now before the Court. ECF No. 27 (“Mot.”). For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS the 17 motion and sua sponte EXTENDS the deadline to serve Defendants Linda Kelly and Walter Joe 18 Fant to 30 days from the date of this Order. 19 Plaintiffs seek an order permitting alternative service. They note they have made 20 “repeated, diligent, and good-faith efforts” to effect service…