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Nature of Suit Code: 140
Nature of Suit: Negotiable Instruments
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Default of Promissory Note

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 The 14 defendants who remain to be served are: Distribuidora Batiz, S.A. de C.V.;

Grupo Batiz CCGH, S.A. de C.V., Greenver, S.A. de C.V.; Invernaderos la Pequena Jolla S.A.

de C.V., a/k/a Invernaderos la Pequena Joya, S.A. de C.V.; Silvia del Carmen Batiz Esquer;

Raul Guillermo Batiz Guillen; Raul Guillermo Batiz Gamboa; Olga Elena Batiz Esquer; Jorge

Guillermo Batiz Guillen; Jorge Guillermo Batiz Esquer; Gabriela Maria Batiz Gamboa; Angela

Maria Batiz Gamboa; Gerardo Batiz Esquer; and Ricardo Batiz Gamboa.

07cv370

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

DISTRIBUIDORA BATIZ, S.A. DE C.V.;

et al.,

Defendants.

 

 

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Case No. 07-CV-0370-WQH (JMA)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LIMITED EARLY

DISCOVERY 

[Doc. 77]

Plaintiff United States filed a motion for limited early discovery seeking to take

early discovery from the three judgment debtors in this case and from non-party First

National Bank (the financial institution that made the loan upon which this suit is based)

to obtain information reasonably necessary to effect service of process upon fourteen

defendants who reside in Mexico and have not yet been served.1

 No opposition to the

motion was filed. 

As set forth in Judge Hayes’ August 10, 2009 Order [Doc. 75], Rule 26(d)

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provides that a court may authorize discovery prior to the parties’ Rule 26(f) conference

where the requesting party demonstrates good cause. See Semintool, Inc. v. Tokyo

Electron Am., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 276 (N.D. Cal. 2002). “Good cause may be found

where the need for expedited discovery, in consideration of the administration of justice,

outweighs the prejudice to the responding party.” Id.

Plaintiff has made multiple attempts to effect proper service on the 14 unserved

defendants. Plaintiff cannot serve them under the Hague Convention without knowing

the addresses at which they may be served. See OGM, Inc. v. Televisa, S.A. de C.V.,

2009 WL 1025971 at *3 (C.D. Cal., Apr. 15, 2009); Brockmeyer v. May, 383 F.3d 798,

801 (9th Cir. 2004). Plaintiff has attached the proposed discovery requests to its

motion. They are each narrowly tailored to seek information relevant to ascertaining the

addresses of the 14 defendants. Here, good cause exists for the limited early discovery

Plaintiff seeks, as the United States needs the defendants’ addresses to serve them

and proceed with its claims, and providing such limited information imposes a minimal

burden on the responding parties. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

Plaintiff’s motion for limited early discovery is GRANTED.

DATED: October 14, 2009

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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