Bozorgi

BACKGROUND

23 This dispute arises out of the property located at 521 Jobe Hill Drive, Vista, 24 California 92081 (“Subject Property”). Id. at 1. Plaintiffs allege that in June 2016, 25 Defendant exchanged the Subject Property for Plaintiffs’ property in Tehran, Iran. Id. at 26 4. Plaintiffs allege that the exchanged properties were intended to be full payment for one 27 another and that there was an officialized bill of sale and signed warranty deed. Id. at 4, 7. Plaintiffs now seek transfer of the Subject Property’s title. Id. at 5. Plaintiffs state that Defendant “has signed and fingerprinted the warranty deed and bill of sale . . . but is no where to be found to transfer Title [of the Subject Property] to the Plaintiffs.” Id. On March 10, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Service by Publication. ECF No. 4. The Court denied this Motion without prejudice stating that Plaintiffs had not shown “‘exhaustive attempts to locate the defendant.’” ECF No. 6 at 8 (quoting Castillo-Antonio v. Azurdia, No. C-13-05709 DMR, 2014 WL 4060219, at *4 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 14, 2014)). On June 27, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a renewed Motion for Service by Publication, on…