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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KINGVISION PAY-PER-VIEW,

LTD.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

JAIME NORBERTO; MARIA

NORBERTO, d/b/a Casa Maria

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No. C 03-3886 JSW (BZ)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO

GRANT PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR ORDER

AUTHORIZING PROCESS SERVER

TO LEVY EXECUTION

By Order dated October 10, 2007, the Honorable Jeffrey

S. White referred to me plaintiff’s ex parte application for

order authorizing process server to levy execution. The

following is my report and recommendation as to plaintiff’s

motion.

On June 4, 2004, judgement was entered for the plaintiff

in the amount of $3,200 in damages plus $2,995 in costs and

fees associated with litigation. (Memo. Of Points and

Authorities p. 1, lns. 23-24.) The total amount of judgement

was $6,195. The judgement remains unsatisfied, either in

part or in whole. (Decl. Of David J. Cook ¶ 2.) Plaintiff

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now seeks an order authorizing a process server, specifically

DDS Legal Support System/VSC Attorney Service, to levy and

execute under California Code of Civil Procedure section

699.080 in lieu of the United States Marshal. (Ex parte App.

lns. 20-21; see also Decl. of David S. Cook ¶ 3.) A

registered process server is a person registered as a process

server pursuant to the California Business and Professions

Code sections 22350 through 22360. See Cal. Civ. Proc. Code

§ 481.250 (citations omitted). The registration card for the

process server authorizes service in any county in the state

under California Business and Professions Code section

22350(a). Id. (See also Exhibit B to Decl. Of David S.

Cook.)

Pursuant to Rule 69(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, post-judgement enforcement proceedings must comply

with California law. See Garden City Boxing Club, Inc. v.

Aviles, 2007 WL 1821466, *1 (E.D. Cal.) citing Credit Suisse

v. U.S. Dist. Court for Cent. Dist. of California, 130 F.3d

1342, 1344 (9th Cir. 1997). “Under California law, a

registered process server may levy under a writ of

attachment.” Garden City, 2007 WL 1821466, *1 citing Cal.

Civ. Proc. Code § 488.080. The use of a process server is

routine in the enforcement of judgements and is authorized by

California law. See id. At *2. 

I have reviewed the documents filed by plaintiff. I

find that DDS Legal Support System/VSC Attorney Services is a

registered process server, having been granted a registration

number and card by the Orange County Clerk-Recorder. (See

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Exhibit B to Decl. of David S. Cook.) Based on the

declarations of the plaintiff’s attorney, I find that the

interests of justice would be served by relieving the United

States Marshall from certain types of services necessary to

effectuate collection of the Judgement in this action. 

For the aforementioned reasons, I recommend that the

court GRANT plaintiff’s ex parte application for order

authorizing a process server to levy execution. 

Dated: October 22, 2007

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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