Estate of Timothy Gene Smith v. City of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ESTATE OF TIMOTHY GENE Case No.: 16-cv-2989-WQH-MSB SMITH, by his successor in 9 interest, WYATT ALLEN ORDER GUNNER SMITH; SANDY LYNN SIMMONS; and WYATT ALLEN
GUNNER SMITH,
12 Plaintiffs, 13 v.
CITY OF SAN DIEGO; SCOTT
HOLSLAG; DAVID BRECHT; NATALIE ANN MACEY d/b/a 16 MACEY BAIL BONDS, as an individual; LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU, INC. d/b/a GLOBAL 18 FUGITIVE RECOVERY, a California domestic corporation; DAN ESCAMILLA, as an 20 individual and on behalf of LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU, INC.; and ISMAEL SOTO, as an individual, 22 Defendants.
24 HAYES, Judge: 25 The matter before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Motion for Alternative Service of 26 Summons as to Defendant Ismael Soto. (ECF No. 189). 27 /// 28 I. Background On December 8, 2016, Plaintiffs1 initiated this action by filing a Complaint. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiffs amended the Complaint on December 29, 2016 (ECF No. 7), on March 9, 2018 (ECF No. 96), and on March 1, 2019 (ECF No. 162). The March 1, 2019, Third Amended Complaint added …