Quantum Capital Funding Corporation v. PDI Group, Inc. et al

Filing 11

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 04/23/19 GRANTING 10 Ex Parte Application; the Summons may be served by publication in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a newspaper of general circulation published in the Counties of St. Louis and Franklin, in the State of Missouri, and The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper of general circulation published in Sacramento County, in the State of California, hereby designated as the newspapers most likely to give Defendant actual notice of the action, and that the publication be made once a week for four successive weeks. A copy of the Summons, Complaint and this Order are to be forthwith mailed to each of the defendants identified in this Order if their address is ascertained before expi ration of the time herein prescribed for publication of summons. Plaintiff shall have an extension of 60 days to serve the Summons and Complaint on Defendant. Initial Scheduling Conference RESET for 8/19/2019 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Benson, A.)

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SMITH, MCDOWELL & POWELL
A LAW CORPORATION
Brad A. McDowell, SBN 207142
Jaclyn L. Powell, SBN 264781
Brandon T. Wright, SBN 294305
100 Howe Ave, Suite 208 South
Sacramento, CA 95825
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
QUANTUM CAPITAL FUNDING CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SACRAMENTO DIVISION

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QUANTUM
CAPITAL
FUNDING )
CORPORATION, a California corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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PDI GROUP, INC., a Missouri corporation, )
RG GROUP, LLC., a Missouri limited liability )
company; JOHN F. GEHM, JR., an individual; )
JOHN F. GEHM, III, an individual; and DOES )
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 2:18-cv-03279-WBS-KJN
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF
SUMMONS AND EXTENSION OF TIME
TO
SERVE
SUMMONS
AND
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

On reading the evidence consisting of Plaintiff’s counsel’s application and declaration for
this order, and it satisfactorily appearing to me therefrom that defendant, JOHN F. GEHM, III,

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an individual (hereinafter referred to as “Defendant”), cannot with reasonable diligence be
served in any other manner specified in Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or
Sections 415.10 through 415.40 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and that a cause of
action exists in favor of Plaintiff against Defendant.
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ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Summons in this action be served by

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publication in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a newspaper of general circulation published in the

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Counties of St. Louis and Franklin, in the State of Missouri, and The Sacramento Observer, a

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newspaper of general circulation published in Sacramento County, in the State of California,

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hereby designated as the newspapers most likely to give Defendant actual notice of the action,

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and that the publication be made once a week for four successive weeks.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of the Summons, a copy of the Complaint for

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Damages, and a copy of this Order be forthwith mailed to each of the defendants identified in

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this Order if their address is ascertained before expiration of the time herein prescribed for

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publication of summons.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have an extension of time to serve the

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Summons and Complaint for Damages on Defendant, and that such extension be for sixty (60)

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days from the date of this Order. The Scheduling Conference is continued from May 13, 2019

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to August 19, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5, 14th Floor.

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Dated: April 23, 2019

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ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES