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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JANE DOE, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04948-JSW

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE PLAINTIFFS' THIRD

MOTION FOR SERVICE BY

SANTA CLARA COUNTY ALTERNATE MEANS

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Re: Dkt. No.

Defendants. 12 13 Now before the Court is Plaintiffs’ third motion for service by alternate means. (Dkt. No. 49.) For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion, without prejudice. Plaintiffs may file an additional motion for service by alternate means on Defendant Brian Hernandez no later than October 23, 2023. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides that “[i]f a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” More than one year has elapsed since…