Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. v. Alamillo Rebar, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WELLS FARGO EQUIPMENT No. 2:20–cv–620–TLN–KJN
FINANCE, INC.,
ORDER Plaintiff, (ECF No. 9) v. 14 ALAMILLO REBAR, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 On June 26, 2020, plaintiff filed a motion to permit service by publication under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e), and set the matter for a July 30, 2020 hearing before the undersigned. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff states that “[d]espite reasonable diligence, plaintiff has been unable to ascertain the whereabouts of one of the defendants, Laurence Alamillo.” (Id.) Plaintiff states that it attempted to serve Laurence2 at two addresses noted in its LexisNexis “Find a Person” search, as well as at the address listed on a guarantee signed by Laurence in Plaintiff’s possession. (See ECF No. 9-1 and 9-2, declarations of Melissa Harris and Michael J. Gomez.) However, the process servers who attempted personal service at these addresses stated that each was told Laurence did not reside at…