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. DISMISS [123]

1144 LA LUZ DEL MUNDO, et al.,

1155 Defendants.

1166 1177 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1188 On February 11, 2021, Plaintiff Sochil Martin filed a Proof of Service, which 1199 states that she served the Summons and Complaint on Defendant Rahel Garcia via 2200 substitute service. (Proof of Service, ECF No. 116.) Presently before the Court is 2211 Garcia’s second Motion to Dismiss under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rules”) 2222 12(b)(5) and (b)(2) for deficient service and lack of personal jurisdiction. (See Mot. 2233 Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 123.) The Motion is fully briefed. (See Opp’n, ECF 2244 No. 128; Reply, ECF No. 133.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS 2255 Garcia’s Motion.1 2266 2277

2288 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision…