Al-Sadhan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AREEJ AL-SADHAN, et al., Case No. 23-cv-02369-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE PLAINTIFFS SERVICE ON

v. THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

TWITTER INC., et al., Docket No. 67 Defendants.

12 In this case, Plaintiffs have sued several Defendants including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). However, Plaintiffs have thus far been unable to serve the KSA with the summons and complaint for this case. Plaintiffs have asked the Clerk of Court to mail Plaintiffs’ summons and complaint for the KSA to the U.S. Department of State pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4). Service is made on a foreign state under section 1608 in one of four ways:

(1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint in accordance with any special arrangement for service between the plaintiff and the foreign state or political subdivision; or

(2) if no special arrangement exists, by delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint in…