Price
Price v. Thomas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NEAL EVAN PRICE, Case No. 21-cv-06370-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
KENNETH THOMAS, Re: Dkt. No. 7 Defendant.
Pro se Plaintiff Neal Evan Price aka Ramil Amyr filed a complaint against Defendant Kenneth Thomas for defamation, libel, and slander stemming from statements Thomas made about Price on Thomas’s YouTube channel on August 15, 2021. [Docket No. 1.] Price now moves for leave to serve Thomas by publication. [Docket No. 7.] This motion is suitable for determination without oral argument. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied without prejudice. I. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e)(1) allows for service “following state law for serving a summons in an action brought in courts of general jurisdiction in the state where the district court is located or where service is made.” California law allows for…