Cole Asia Business Center Inc v. Robert D Manning et al

Filing 59

ORDER DENYING Counter-Defendant Access Counseling Inc.s MOTION TO QUASH SERVICE OF PROCESS 35 by Judge Dean D. Pregerson. (lc) Modified on 8/16/2012 (lc).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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COLE ASIA BUSINESS CENTER,
INC., a Philippines
corporation,

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Plaintiff,
v.
ROBERT D. MANNING, an
individual; DEBTORWISE
FOUNDATION, a Delaware
corporation,

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Case No. CV 12-00956 DDP (CWx)
ORDER DENYING COUNTER-DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO QUASH SERVICE OF
PROCESS

[Docket No. 35]

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Defendants.
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Presently before the court is Counter-Defendant Access

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Counseling Inc.’s Motion to Quash Service of Process (“Motion”).

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Having reviewed the parties’ moving papers, the court DENIES the

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Motion and adopts the following Order.

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As set forth in the Proof of Service and Affidavit of

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Reasonable Diligence on file with the court, the process server

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brought the relevant documents to Counter-Defendant’s business

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address - also the address of record for Counter-Defendant’s

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counsel in this action - on April 11, 2012.

Security then

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contacted Muriel Senteno, who - after being informed of the

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“documents for service and the parties being served” - stated that

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“she was authorized to accept on behalf of the entities.”

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Under these circumstances, the court finds that service of

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process was properly made on an agent authorized to receive such

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service for Counter-Defendant.

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Direct Mail Specialists, Inc. v. Eclat Computerized Techs., Inc.,

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840 F.2d 685, 688-89 (9th Cir. 1988).

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Counter-Defendant’s Motion to Quash.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(h)(1)(B);

The court therefore DENIES

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 16, 2012
DEAN D. PREGERSON
United States District Judge

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