Piatek

MEMORANDUM **

Magdalena Siudy (“Siudy”) appeals the district court’s judgment declaring Renata Piatek (“Piatek”) to be the sole owner of property in Buckley, Washington (the “Property”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that Siudy was properly served by publication pursuant to Washington Revised Code § 4.28.100. See Rio Props. v. Rio Int’l Interlink, 284 F.3d 1007, 1014 (9th Cir.2002). Section 4.28.100 does not require the mailing of documents abroad in order to effect service of process in the technical sense, and therefore the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, Nov. 15, 1965, 20 U.S.T. 361, 658 U.N.T.S. 163, does not apply. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk, 486 U.S. 694, 699-701 , 108 S.Ct. 2104 , 100 L.Ed.2d 722 (1988). Moreover, service under section 4.28.100 was proper because the action challenged Siudy’s ownership of property situated in Washington state. See Wash. Rev.Code § 4.28.100(3), (6).

Neither did the district court abuse its discretion in admitting evidence regarding assets from…