Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ERIC VON MAJOR, Case No. 1:23-cv-01683-KES-BAM 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR ORDER

13 v. PERMITTING SERVICE BY

PUBLICATION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

14 THOMAS SIRE, (Doc. 15) 15 Defendant.

ORDER SETTING STATUS

16 CONFERENCE 17 18 Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff Eric Von Major’s ex parte application for 19 an order permitting service by publication on Defendant Thomas Sire. (Doc. 15.) Having 20 considered the application, along with the record in this case, Plaintiff’s application for service on 21 Defendant by publication will be denied without prejudice. 22 I. BACKGROUND 23 Plaintiff, through counsel, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on 24 December 1, 2023. (Doc. 1.) Summons and new case documents were issued on December 5, 25 2023. (Doc. 7.) 26 On February 28, 2024, the Court converted the Initial Scheduling Conference to a…