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Nature of Suit Code: 210
Nature of Suit: Land Condemnation
Cause of Action: 40:258(a) Public Buildings &amp; Property: Land Condemnation

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AMENDED APPLICATION AND ORDER 1

FOR PUBLICATION

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2720

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff,

v.

39.77 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, 

SITUATE IN TULARE COUNTY, STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA; RANDALL L. CARROLL, 

TRUSTEE UNDER THE RANDALL L. 

CARROLL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST; 

ROSEDALE WATER COMPANY, A 

CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; SUCCESS 

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, A CALIFORNIA 

CORPORATION; JOYCE D. TZUGARIS AKA

JOYCE D. KING AKA J.D. TZUGARIS AKA J.D. 

KING; CARL ADAIR BROWN AKA C. ADAIR 

BROWN; BARBARA J. BROWN; SUCCESS 

MUTUAL WATER COMPANY, A CALIFORNIA 

CORPORATION; SUCCESS PROPERTIES, A 

JOINT VENTURE OF J. RAND OLSON AKA

RAND OLSON AKA RAND J. OLSON AKA

RAND JON OLSON AKA J.R. OLSON, KEITH D.

OLSON AND C. ADAIR BROWN; CHICAGO 

TITLE COMPANY, A CALIFORNIA 

CORPORATION; HARDING & LEGGETT, INC.; 

MODOC COUNTY TITLE CO., INC.; JAMES L. 

HOLDEN, TRUSTEE OF THE CHESTER M. 

MASON FAMILY TRUST; JAMES BRADLEY 

CLARK AKA JAMES B. CLARK; PAULA DEAN 

CLARK AKA PAULA D. CLARK; TULARE 

COUNTY ESCROW CO.; TULARE COUNTY 

TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR; and

UNKNOWN OWNERS,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-01819 TLN SKO

AMENDED APPLICATION AND ORDER 

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On November 24, 2014, the Court entered an Order permitting the United States of America to 

serve Unknown Owners and defendant Success Development Company by publication. Dkt. No. 15. 

The United States has served all other defendants with court documents by certified mail. The package 

of documents served on defendant Success Mutual Water Company was returned to the United States as 

undeliverable and the United States believes that Success Mutual Water Company no longer exists as a

legal entity. For these reasons, the United States believes that Success Mutual Water Company cannot 

be served by other means and respectfully requests that the Court modify its Order to include Success 

Mutual Water Company as a defendant who may be served by publication. Accordingly, the United 

States applies for an amended order of publication as follows:

1. Rule 71.1(d)(3)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that upon the filing 

of a Certificate for Service by Publication, defendants whose addresses cannot be determined after 

diligent inquiry within the state and unknown owners may be served by publication by a notice 

addressed to such defendants and/or to “Unknown Owners.” 

2. Local Rule 171 (Fed. R. Civ. P. 83), Eastern District of California, provides that the 

Court shall designate by order the appropriate newspaper for publication upon the filing by counsel of 

a motion proposing the place and manner of such publication setting forth such information as the 

language to be published, the frequency of publication, the reasons underlying selection of the proposed 

vehicle of publication, and related matters;

3. The United States proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. Publication shall be made once a week for not less than three successive weeks pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 71.1(d)(3)(B);

b. Service by publication is complete upon the date of the last publication. Proof of 

publication and mailing shall be made by certificate of the plaintiff’s attorney, to which shall be attached

a printed copy of the published notice with the names and dates of the newspaper marked thereon.

c. Publication shall be made in the TULARE ADVANCE-REGISTER, a newspaper of 

general circulation, printed and published in the City of Visalia, County of Tulare, which newspaper has 

been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation within the County of Tulare, by the Superior Court of 

the County of Tulare, State of California;

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d. The publication is to be addressed to: Success Development Company, a California 

corporation; Success Mutual Water Company, a California Corporation; and “Unknown Owners” and is 

to include the following:

(1) The Court, title and number of the action;

(2) That the action is to condemn the property;

(3) A description of the property sufficient for its identification; 

(4) The interest to be taken;

(5) The authority for the taking;

(6) The uses for which the property is to be taken;

(7) That the defendant may serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney an answer within 

21 days after service of the notice, and that failure to do so constitutes consent to 

the taking and to the authority of the court to proceed to hear the action and to fix 

the compensation; and 

(8) The name and address of the United States’ attorney, where the attorney may be 

served, and the telephone number of the attorney.

DATED: December 9, 2014 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

/s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant U.S. Attorney

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2014

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