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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCIS CORTEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONAL CREDIT ADJUSTERS, 

LLC, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17cv2152-LAB (KSC)

ORDER AMENDING ORDER 

VACATING ENTRY OF 

DEFAULT; AND

ORDER ACCEPTING LATEFILED PROOF OF SERVICE

The Court issued an order to show cause re: dismissal for failure to serve. 

(Docket no. 12.) That order incorrectly cited Cal. Corp. Code ' 1502 as requiring 

foreign limited liability companies doing business in California to designate in-state 

agents for service of process. In fact, the provision applicable to limited liability 

companies is ' 17701.13(b) and (c). The effect is the same, however: Individuals 

designated as agents for service of process must live in California. Therefore, it 

should have been clear that an individual living in Delaware was not the correct 

designated agent. The Court’s order to vacating the entry of default is therefore 

DEEMED AMENDED to include this correction.

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Plaintiff has now filed proof of service. Although it was filed several days after 

the deadline the Court set, the Court will excuse this small error, in light of Plaintiff’s 

continuing efforts to comply with the rules.

The return of service, although late, is therefore ACCEPTED AS FILED. 

This order does not prevent Defendant from challenging the sufficiency of service.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 18, 2018

Hon. Larry Alan Burns

United States District Judge

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