State National Insurance Company, Inc. v. The Badelle Group, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE Case No. 23-cv-00387-MMC

COMPANY, INC.,

7 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: MOTION FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION; DIRECTIONS TO v. PLAINTIFF 9 THE BADELLE GROUP, INC., et al., 10 Defendants. 11 Before the Court is plaintiff State National Insurance Company, Inc.’s (“State National”) “Motion for Order Permitting Service by Publication of Summons and Extending Deadlines,” filed March 23, 2023, wherein State National seeks an order “(1) allowing service by publication of defendants Brett Badelle and the Badelle Group, Inc. (collectively, ‘the Badelle Defendants’) and (2) extending the time permitted to complete service and comply with other Court-imposed litigation deadlines.” (See Mot. at 1 (Dkt. No. 10).) By order filed March 29, 2023, the Court afforded State National leave to file supplemental briefing as to the need for service by publication, in light of the fact that, at the time the motion was filed,…