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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAMUEL LOVE, Case No. 19-cv-03240-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS AND

COMPLAINT

HUONG Q. TRUONG, Re: Dkt. Nos. 8, 16 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 16.) In deciding whether to grant or deny a motion for default judgment, the Court must assess whether the defendant against whom default judgment is sought was properly served with notice of the action. See Penpower Tech. Ltd. v. S.P.C. Tech., 627 F. Supp. 2d 1083, 1088 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Upon review of Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment and the proof of service of the summons and complaint, the Court has concerns regarding whether Defendant Huong Q. Truong was properly served in this matter. Pursuant to Rule 4(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, an individual defendant may be served by: (1) delivering a copy of the…