Amazon.com Inc. et al v. aalitood et al

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MINUTE ORDER re Plaintiffs' 20 EX PARTE MOTION for Alternative Service. The Court is unable to determine at this point whether circumstances necessitate the Court's intervention. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to file a supplemental declaration with the necessary information by 6/11/2024. Authorized by Hon. Michelle L. Peterson. (KRA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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AMAZON.COM INC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. C23-679-MJP-MLP
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v.
AALITOOD, et al.,
Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made at the direction of the Court, the Hon. Michelle L.
Peterson, United States Magistrate Judge:
To obtain a court order for alternative service under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3), a plaintiff

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must “demonstrate that the facts and circumstances of the present case necessitated the district

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court’s intervention.” Rio Props., Inc. v. Rio Int’l Interlink, 284 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2002).

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Here, Plaintiffs indicate third-party discovery disclosed “potential physical addresses for

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Defendants in China” but “Plaintiffs’ investigators were not able to confirm that Defendants

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lived at the addresses . . . , nor that those addresses were related to counterfeiting activity.”

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(Rainwater Decl. (dkt. # 21) at ¶ 5.) Plaintiffs do not explain any steps they took to confirm

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Defendants lived at or were otherwise associated with the addresses. Plaintiffs have provided no

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information to conclude the addresses are not associated with Defendants. The Court is thus

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unable to determine at this point whether circumstances necessitate the Court’s intervention.

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Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to file a supplemental declaration with the necessary

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information by June 11, 2024.

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Dated this 4th day of June, 2024.

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Ravi Subramanian
Clerk of Court

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By: Tim Farrell
Deputy Clerk

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