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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 TRUSTLABS, INC., Case No. 21-cv-02606-CRB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS OR QUASH

DANIEL JAIYONG AN, Defendant.

Plaintiff TrustLabs, Inc. is suing Defendant Daniel Jaiyong An. TrustLabs attempted to serve Jaiyong by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint with Jaiyong’s mother at Jaiyong’s parents’ home in Frisco, Texas. See Certificate of Serv. (Dkt. 9) at 1. Jaiyong now moves to dismiss this case for lack of personal jurisdiction or to quash TrustLabs’ service of the summons and complaint. See Mot. to Quash (Dkt. 13) at 6. The Court denies his motion. In June 2020, while employed as CEO and President of TrustLabs, Jaiyong sent a text message to Tom Shields, who was not working at TrustLabs but would later become Chairman of TrustLabs’ Board of Directors. Jaiyong Supp. Decl. (Dkt. 17 at 11) ¶ 2; Obj. to Reply at 2. The message stated: “i’m [in] [F]risco visiting parents and…