Sochil Martin v. La Luz Del Mundo

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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 SOCHIL MARTIN, Case No. 2:20-cv-01437-ODW (ASx)

1122 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

1133 v. QUASH SERVICE [81]

1144 LA LUZ DEL MUNDO, et al.,

1155 Defendants.

1166 1177 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1188 Plaintiff Sochil Martin initiated this case on February 12, 2020. (See Compl., 1199 ECF No. 1.) On May 15, 2020, Martin filed a Proof of Service, which states that she 2200 served the Summons and Complaint on Defendant Rahel Garcia via substitute service. 2211 (Proof of Service, ECF No. 21.) Presently before the Court is Garcia’s Motion to 2222 Dismiss under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rules”) 12(b)(5) and (b)(2) for 2233 deficient service and lack of personal jurisdiction. (See Mot. Dismiss (“Motion” or 2244 “Mot.”), ECF Nos. 81–82.) The Motion is fully briefed. (See Opp’n, ECF No. 84; 2255 Reply, ECF No. 88.) For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS Garcia’s 2266 Motion.1 2277

2288 1 Having carefully considered the…