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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOLLY CASH,

Plaintiff,

v.

RED BALLOON RESTAURANT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-02545-KAW 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

ELAINE LANG’S MOTION TO QUASH 

SERVICE AS UNOPPOSED

Re: Dkt. No. 36

On November 19, 2014, Defendant Elaine Lang filed a motion to quash service of 

summons on the grounds that she was improperly served at a business address. (Mot., Dkt. No. 

36.) Plaintiff did not file an opposition.

Pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order, “[t]he failure of the opposing party to file a 

memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to any motion shall constitute consent to the 

granting of the motion.” (Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore’s General Standing Order ¶ 22.)

As an initial matter, Defendant is mistaken that Ms. Lang cannot be properly served at a 

business address. (Mot. at 2.) Indeed, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e)(1) provides that an 

individual may be served “following state law for serving a summons in an action brought in 

courts of general jurisdiction in the state where the district court is located or where service is 

made.” California law permits substituted service at an individual’s usual place of business. CAL.

CIV. PROC. CODE § 415.20(b).

Nonetheless, Plaintiff did not oppose the motion to quash, so the Court will assume, for the 

purposes of this motion only, that Sapphire Photo is not Ms. Lang’s usual place of business.1

 

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Sapphire Photo may, in fact, be Ms. Lang’s usual place of business. If that is the case, she may 

be subsequently served there via substituted service. It is irrelevant whether Plaintiff’s lawsuit 

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Accordingly, the Court finds that this matter may be resolved without further briefing and without 

oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), and GRANTS Defendant’s motion as 

unopposed. Plaintiff shall serve Elaine Lang within thirty (30) days of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2015

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

 

involves Sapphire Photo.

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