Al-Sadhan

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

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR SERVICE BY

TWITTER INC., et al., ALTERNATIVE MEANS

Defendants. Docket No. 75 12 13 Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for service by alternative means. Specifically, Plaintiffs ask for leave to serve four individual defendants (Ahmad Abouammo, Saud Al-Qahtani, Ali Alzabarah, Ahmed Almutairi, and Bader Al-Asaker) by means such as service on U.S.-based counsel and service on the embassy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). Having considered Plaintiffs’ motion and supporting papers, the Court hereby GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the request for relief. I. DISCUSSION A. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) The four individual defendants all reside in the KSA. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) addresses service of an…