Stinson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 RONNIE STINSON, Case No. 23-cv-04858-LB

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING SERVICE BY

13 v. EMAIL

14 ALLEN NEJAH, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 One defendant in this case, Allen Nejah, has not been served yet. Because the plaintiff is 18 proceeding in forma pauperis, service must be by a U.S. marshal. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3). Two 19 attempts have already been made for service by personal delivery.1 This order is for a U.S. 20 marshal to attempt service by email. 21 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e), a plaintiff may serve an individual defendant 22 using any method permitted by the law of the state in which the district court is located or in 23 which service is effected. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e)(1). California law allows for five basic methods of 24 service: (1) personal delivery to the party, see Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 415.10; (2) delivery to 25 someone else at the party’s usual residence or place of…