Brenneke

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, No. 06-36077 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV 06-0303 AA

ANTHONY PAUL BRENNEKE, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann Aiken, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 24, 2008* Portland, Oregon

Filed January 9, 2009

Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and George H. Wu,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Wu

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable George H. Wu, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Kim D. Stephens, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant- appellant.

Jan D. Sokol and Tyler J. Storti, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WU, District Judge:

The principal issue herein is the sufficiency of service under…