Coy
Coy v. Lilith Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEITH COY, Case No. 19-cv-08192-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE
v. MOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE
SERVICE
LILITH GAMES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 18 11 Defendants.
12 In this putative consumer class action concerning the “Rise of Kingdoms” mobile videogame and certain “micro-transactions” within the game, plaintiff alleges defendants engaged in deceptive and misleading conduct. Dkt. No. 4. Plaintiff Keith Coy requests permission to serve the complaint on defendants Lilith Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Lilith Network Technology Co., Ltd. through alternative means pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3). Dkt. No. 18. Defendants, which are Chinese corporations headquartered in Shanghai, China, Dkt. No. 4 ¶¶ 16-17, have not appeared in this action or filed any response to plaintiff’s request. Plaintiff proposes to effectuate service by personally serving an attorney in…