von Brandenfels v. Roomster Corp

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ALEXANDER MARTIN VON Case No. 20-cv-00411-SVK

BRANDENFELS,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 9 EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR v. ALTERNATIVE SERVICE 10 ROOMSTER CORP, Re: Dkt. No. 35 11 Defendant. 12 13 On May 6, 2020, Defendant Roomster Corp. filed the instant ex parte application for 14 alternative service pursuant to Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Dkt. 35. 15 Defendant seeks to serve a subpoena to testify at a deposition and produce documents to third- 16 party Christina White via an email to Plaintiff, whom White is currently residing with. Dkt. 35 at 17 1-2; Dkt. 35-4 at 2. Defendant also asks this Court to require Plaintiff to confirm, within twenty- 18 four (24) hours of receipt of email service, that he has provided the subpoena to White. Id. 19 Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states that “[s]erving a subpoena requires 20 delivering a copy to the named person.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(b)(1). …