Maas

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ERIC MAAS, Case No. 19-cv-07945-JSC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: JASON LEAF’S MOTION

9 v. TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED

CROSS-COMPLAINT;

10 ZYMBE, LLC, et al., COUNTERCLAIMANTS’ MOTION

FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF

11 Defendants. PROCESS 12 ZYMBE, LLC and GREG ROTMAN Re: Dkt. Nos. 52 & 53

13 Counterclaimants, 14 v. 15 ERIC MAAS, et al., 16 Counterdefendants. 17 18 19 Eric Maas sued Zymbe, LLC (“Zymbe”), Greg Rotman, and other defendants (collectively, 20 “Defendants”) in state court, alleging federal and state law claims arising out of Mr. Maas’s 21 consulting work for Zymbe. (Dkt. No. 1-1, Ex. 1.)1 Zymbe and Greg Rotman (together, 22 “Counterclaimants”) filed a cross-complaint in state court against Mr. Maas and Jason Leaf 23 alleging various state law claims. (Dkt. No. 53-10, Ex. I at 5.) Defendants removed the 24 underlying action to this Court based on…