Valley National Bank v. United Transportation Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VALLEY NATIONAL BANK, No. 2:21-cv-01275-MCE-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER UTS LOGISTICS INC., d/b/a UNITED

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES,

15 Defendant. 16 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Valley National Bank’s (“Plaintiff”) Application for Court Order Authorizing Service of the Summons and First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on Defendant UTS Logistics Inc., d/b/a United Transportation Services (“Defendant”) by Hand Delivery to the California Secretary of State. ECF No. 7. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Application is DENIED. Plaintiff initiated the present breach of contract action against Defendant, a California corporation, on July 21, 2021. ECF No. 1. On August 24, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative FAC to correct an error concerning Defendant’s name in Plaintiff’s original complaint. ECF No. 5. In support of the present Application, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a declaration, explaining that “[a] member [of the] firm’s office…