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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KYLE L. CAMPANELLI,

Plaintiff,

v.

IMAGEFIRST UNIFORM RENTAL 

SERVICE, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04456-PJH 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART 

PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR LEAVE 

TO CONDUCT JURISDICTIONAL 

DISCOVERY

This matter came on for hearing on the motion of defendant ImageFIRST Uniform 

Rental Service, Inc. (“IF Uniform”) to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. While 

plaintiff does not set forth the typical kind of contacts with the forum state that have 

generally been found to give rise to specific jurisdiction, the court finds that plaintiff has 

raised sufficient questions about the nature of the relationship between IF Uniform and 

the two answering defendants based on statements made in the documents titled 

Employment Agreement, ImageFIRST Associate Handbook, and Franchise Disclosure 

Document, as well as the imagefirst.com website, to warrant limited jurisdictional 

discovery on the issue whether IF Uniform has sufficient, if any, contacts, with the forum

state. Plaintiff has not, however, demonstrated a prima facie case of an agency 

relationship between IF Uniform and ImageFIRST of California, in light of the Kennedy 

and Giannettino declarations, to justify jurisdictional discovery into a possible agency 

theory. 

Accordingly, the court GRANTS IN PART plaintiff’s request for leave to conduct 

jurisdictional discovery. Plaintiff may serve on IF Uniform interrogatories and document 

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requests on the limited issue permitted herein, with jurisdictional discovery to be

completed by May 31, 2016. Plaintiff may file a supplemental brief within 14 days after 

the close of jurisdictional discovery. IF Uniform may file a response 14 days thereafter, at 

which time IF Uniform’s motion to dismiss will be deemed submitted and the record will 

be closed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2016

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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