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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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DUANE M. GECK (State Bar No. 114823)

dmg@severson.com

DONALD H. CRAM (State Bar No. 160004)

dhc@severson.com

ELEANOR M. ROMAN (State Bar No. 178736)

emr@severson.com

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 398-3344

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ALLY FINANCIAL INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ALLY FINANCIAL INC., a Delaware 

corporation

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHAEL G. PETERS, an individual,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-1522-TLN-KJN

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

ALLY FINANCIAL INC.’S EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME FOR SERVICE OF 

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY 90 

DAYS FOR SERVICE OF SUMMONS 

AND COMPLAINT BY PUBLICATION

LOCAL RULE 144(C)

F.R.C.P. 4 (M) AND 6(B)

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The ex parte application of Plaintiff, ALLY FINANCIAL INC. (“Ally”) hereby applies ex 

for an order extending by 90 days from February 11, 2016 until May 11, 2016, the time for Ally

to serve the summons and verified complaint on defendant MICHAEL G. PETERS (“Peters”) and 

for an order to serve Peters by publication pursuant to Local Rule 144(c), F.R.C.P. 4(m) and 

F.R.C.P. 6(b) came on for hearing.

Based on a review of the ex parte application, the memorandum of points and authorities, 

and as attested to in the declarations of John Demarr, Eleanor M. Roman, Amo Virk, Faheem 

Moore and Roger Martucci, good cause exists to grant Ally’s application and to extend the 

deadline. Despite further diligent efforts to serve Peters since November 2015 on 22 different 

occasions at five different addresses and attempts to locate him through public and private 

records, public and proprietary databases and a voter registration search, Ally has been unable to 

serve him except by certified mail, return receipt requested to the Florida address at which he is 

believed to be residing. This is in addition to the 19 attempts to serve Peters personally at four 

different addresses made between July 2015 and the date of Ally’s First Ex Parte Application. 

[Dkt. Nos 5-7.]

Now therefore and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING:

1. Ally’s ex parte application is GRANTED.

2. The deadline for Ally to serve Peters with the Summons and Complaint in this 

action and including also the Order Requiring Joint Status Report, Notice of Availability of 

Magistrate Judge and Consent Form, and Notice of Availability of Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

is hereby extended from February 11, 2016 until May 11, 2016.

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3. Service of the Summons, Complaint, Order Requiring Joint Status Report, Notice 

of Availability of Magistrate Judge and Consent Form, and Notice of Availability of Voluntary 

Dispute Resolution (hereinafter collectively, the “Summons and Complaint”) shall be made on 

defendant Michael G. Peters by publication thereof in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper of 

general circulation published in Contra Costa County, California and in the Florida Times Union, 

newspaper of general circulation published in Duval County, Florida. Said publication be made 

in each of the foregoing newspapers at least once a week for four successive weeks.

4. Service of the Summons, Complaint, Order Requiring Joint Status Report, Notice 

of Availability of Magistrate Judge and Consent Form, and Notice of Availability of Voluntary 

Dispute Resolution (hereinafter collectively, the “Summons and Complaint”) shall be made on 

defendant Michael G. Peters by U.S. Mail if any additional addresses are obtained for him by 

Ally after the date of this order and before the time prescribed for service on Peters by 

publication. A declaration of mailing, or the fact that the address was not ascertained must be 

filed at the expiration of the time prescribed for service by publication. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 16, 2016

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