Konovalov

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LYNWOOD INVESTMENTS CY Case No. 20-cv-03778-SK

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8 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF v. PROCESS 10 MAXIM KONOVALOV, et al., Regarding Docket Nos. 24 Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Lynwood Investments CY Limited (“Plaintiff”) filed an administrative motion for authorization to serve four individual defendants – Maxim Konovalov (“Konovalov”), Igor Sysoev (“Sysoev”), Maxim Dounin (“Dounin”) and Andrey Alexeev (“Alexeev”) (collectively, “Individual Foreign Defendants”) – through alternative means pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3). Rule 4(f)(3) provides that service may be effected “by other means not prohibited by international agreement as directed by the court.” Under the plain language of Rule 4(f)(3), a plaintiff must show that international agreements do not prohibit the “other means” and must obtain a court order to effectuate service in the…