Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. v. GMP Cars, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INC., Case No.: 4:21-cv-03359-YGR Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING SECOND EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR ORDER AUTHORIZING

vs. SERVICE BY PUBLICATION OF GMP CARS,

LLC AND EXTENDING TIME TO SERVE

11 GMP CARS, LLC AND GEOFFREY M. Re: Dkt. No. 16

PALERMO,

Defendants.

14 Plaintiff Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. has filed a second ex parte application for an order 16 authorizing service by publication on defendant GMP Cars LLC (“GMP”) and extending the time 17 for such service. (Dkt. No. 16.) The Court denied plaintiff’s initial application for failure to 18 provide evidentiary support for the existence of a cause of action and for failure to show that the 19 proposed newspaper was most likely to give notice to GMP. (Dkt. No. 14.) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allow service of process as permitted by “state law for 21 serving a summons in an action brought in courts of general jurisdiction in the state where the 22 district court is located or where service is made.” Fed R.…