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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Tort Action

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HE NAM YOU and KYUNG SOON KIM, for

themselves and on behalf of all others similarly

situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAPAN; HIROHITO; AKIHITO; NOBUSKE KISHI;

SHINZO ABE; NYK LINE (NORTH AMERICA);

NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA; NISSAN

MOTOR CO., LTD.; NISSAN NORTH AMERICA,

INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; TOYOTA

MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC.; HITACHI, LTD.;

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.; NIPPON STEEL &

SUMITOMO METAL U.S.A., INC.; NIPPON STEEL

& SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION;

MITSUBISHI CORPORATION (AMERICA);

MITSUBISHI GROUP; MITSUI & CO. (U.S.A.),

INC.; MITSUI & CO. LTD.; OKAMOTO

INDUSTRIES, INC.; SANKEI SHIMBUN, CO., LTD.;

and DOES 1–1000, inclusive,

Defendants. /

No. C 15-03257 WHA

ORDER GRANTING

IN PART

PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO EXTEND

TIME FOR SERVICE

Plaintiffs have filed a motion seeking to extend the time to serve defendants Japan,

Hirohito, Akihito, Nobuske Kishi, and Abe Shinzo to May 13, 2016. Ordinarily, it would take

six months to properly serve an overseas defendant under the Hague Convention. Plaintiffs

commenced this action in July 2015. Plaintiffs’ counsel should have begun the process of

serving the overseas defendants immediately. Their request exceeds the time it would have

taken if counsel had promptly begun that process. Nevertheless, plaintiffs shall have until

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MARCH 24TH, 2016 to serve the above-named defendants with the possibility that the deadline

will be extended briefly upon a showing of expedition and diligence.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 24, 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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