Mango

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division GREGORY P. MANGO, Case No. 23-cv-03422-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING SERVICE BY

v. CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF

STATE

SPECIAL AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS, Re: ECF No. 11 Defendant. 16 In this copyright-infringement case, the plaintiff has moved to serve the defendant through the California Secretary of State. The plaintiff contends that despite diligent efforts, he has been unable to effectuate service because the defendant’s “registered agent information on file with the California Secretary of State is inaccurate or [the] registered agent is avoiding service.”1 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(h)(1)(A) allows service of process on corporations and other business entities by any method permitted by the law of the state in which the district court is located or in which service is made. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e)(1) & (h)(1)(A). Under California law, a court may authorize service on a…