Ramos

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SCOTT KEITH ERNST, No. 2:21-cv-0813 DAD AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 DAVID FRANCES RAMOS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On October 25, 2023, the court ordered service of the complaint on defendant Beck via 18 the court’s e-service program. ECF No. 31. However, process directed to defendant Beck was 19 returned unserved because defendant Beck has resigned from the California Department of 20 Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the CDCR has no contact information. ECF No. 37. 21 Plaintiff was then ordered to use the means available to him to obtain additional information to 22 serve Beck and provide that information to the court. ECF No. 38. He was advised that if access 23 to the required information was denied or unreasonably delayed, he could seek judicial 24 intervention. Id. Plaintiff has now filed a request for assistance in serving defendant Beck. ECF 25 No. 45. 26 In his motion, plaintiff states that he has attempted to obtain Beck’s…