Colonize Media, Inc. v. Palmer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COLONIZE MEDIA, INC., ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01053-DAD-SAB ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT ) PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF COLONIZE 13 v. ) MEDIA, INC.’S APPLICATION TO SERVE ) DEFENDANT TATE A. PALMER BY TATE A. PALMER, et al., ) PUBLICATION ) Defendants. ) (ECF No. 29) ) 17 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff’s first amended complaint alleges that Tate A. Palmer (“Defendant”) was hired to act as chief operations manager for Colonize Media, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Colonize”) on or about October 1, 2015. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ¶ 41, ECF No. 16.) Defendant Palmer was responsible for overseeing the digital distribution and monetization of over 250,000 sound recordings under Plaintiff’s management and administration. (Id., ¶ 42.) Defendant Palmer’s duties included “(i) interfacing and negotiating with…