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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCENA D. PENCE, individually and on

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 08cv89 WQH (JMA)

ORDER

vs.

UNION FIDELITY MORTGAGE, INC., and

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

HAYES, Judge:

On June 30, 2008, Plaintiff filed the Ex Parte Application to Serve the California Secretary of

State (Doc. # 11). Plaintiff seeks an order directing that “service of the summons be made on

Defendant Union Fidelity Mortgage, Inc., a California corporation, by personal delivery to the

California Secretary of State, or to any person employed in the California Secretary of State’s office

in the capacity of assistant or deputy secretary.” Ex Parte Application, p. 1-2. In support of the Ex

Parte Application, Plaintiff submitted the declaration of Marcus Jackson, Plaintiff’s attorney, who

attests:

The designated agent for Union Fidelity Mortgage, Inc. cannot with reasonable

diligence be served by hand in the manner provided by California Code of Civil

Procedure Sections 215.10, 415.20(a) or 415.30(a). Moreover, service cannot be made

on Defendant in the manner provided for in California Code of Civil Procedure Section

416.10(a)-(c) or 416.20(a). The address for Defendant listed on the California Secretary of State w

Morever, further efforts of a skip tracer to locate Defendant have been unsuccessful. 

Jackson Decl., ¶¶ 4, 5. 

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Pursuant to section 1702 of the California Corporations Code, 

If an agent for the purpose of service of process has resigned and has not been replaced

or if the agent designated cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the address

designated for personally delivering the process, or if no agent has been designated,

and it is shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court that process against a

domestic corporation cannot be served with reasonable diligence upon the designated

agent by hand in the manner provided in Section 415.10, subdivision (a) of Section

415.20 or subdivision (a) of Section 415.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure or upon the

corporation in the manner provided in subdivision (a), (b) or (c) of Section 416.10 or

subdivision (a) of Section 416.20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court may make

an order that the service be made upon the corporation by delivering by hand to the

Secretary of State, or to any person employed in the Secretary of State's office in the

capacity of assistant or deputy, one copy of the process for each defendant to be

served, together with a copy of the order authorizing such service. Service in this

manner is deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the

Secretary of State.

Cal. Corp. Code § 1702. 

The Court has considered the Ex Parte Application and concludes that Plaintiff has shown that

process cannot be served on Defendant Union Fidelity Mortgage with reasonable diligence. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Ex Parte Application to Serve the California Secretary

of State (Doc. # 11) is GRANTED, and that service of process on Union Fidelity Mortgage, Inc., a

California corporation, be made by service on the California Secretary of State, or assistant or deputy

thereof, pursuant to section 1702 of the California Corporations Code.

DATED: July 25, 2008

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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