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Parties Involved:
Clovis Unified School District
Defendant
Clovis West High School
Defendant
Bill Crawford
Defendant
Jacob Gorthy
Plaintiff
Susan Gorthy
Plaintiff
Russ Harding
Defendant
Jim Hartigan
Defendant
Rodney Michaels
Defendant
Powell
Defendant
Carlo Prandini
Defendant
Trina Smith
Defendant
Karen Sowby
Defendant
State of California
Defendant

Document Text:

RANDALL H. SCARLETT, ESQ. (CA SB # 135554)

ROBERT E. ORMISTON, ESQ. (CA SB #141857)

SCARLETT LAW GROUP

536 Pacific Avenue, 1st Floor

San Francisco, CA 94133

Telephone: (415) 352-6264

Facsimile: (415) 352-6265

Email: info@scarlettlawgroup.com

Efiling: (Applied for)

CAL J. POTTER, III, ESQ. (NV SB#001988)

POTTER LAW OFFICES

1125 Shadow Lane

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Telephone: (702) 385-1954

Facsimile: (702) 385-9081

Email: info@potterlawoffices.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUSAN GORTHY, individually, and

As Guardian Ad Litem for Minor Plaintiff,

JACOB GORTHY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN GORTHY, individually, and as

Guardian Ad Litem for Minor Plaintiff,

JACOB GORTHY,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT;

CLOVIS WEST HIGH SCHOOL; RUSS

HARDING; JIM HARTIGAN; (First

Name Unknown “FNU”) POWELL;

TRINA SMITH; BILL CRAWFORD;

CARLO PRANDINI; KAREN SOWBY;

RODNEY MICHAELS; STATE OF

CALIFORNIA; and DOES through 100,

inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:05-CV-01052-REC-LJO

ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE OF SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION AND STAYING THE 120

DAY TIME LIMIT FOR SERVICE ON

DEFENDANTS POWELL AND RODNEY

MICHAELS

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Upon reading and considering Plaintiff SUSAN GORTHY’s, individually, and as

Guardian Ad Litem for Minor Plaintiff, JACOB GORTHY, APPLICATION FOR AN

ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND

STAYING THE 120 DAY TIME LIMIT FOR SERVICE ON DEFENDANTS

POWELL AND RODNEY MICHAELS, and the Declaration in support thereof, and it

satisfactorily appearing to the Court that defendants Powell and Rodney Michaels cannot

with reasonable diligence be served in any other manner allowed under California law as

specified in Sections 415.10 through 415.40 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and it also

appearing that good causes of action exist in favor of plaintiffs against such defendants,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that service of the Summons in this action be made

on defendants Powell and Rodney Michaels by served by publication in the Fresno Bee, a

newspaper of general circulation published in Fresno, California, which is hereby

designated as the newspaper most likely to give actual notice to said defendants, and that

said publication be made once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks; and a copy of the

Summons, a copy of the Complaint, and a copy of this Order be forthwith mailed to said

defendants forthwith in the event that their addresses are ascertained before expiration of

the time herein prescribed for publication of Summons.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the 120-day Time Limit for Service under

FRCP 4(m) is hereby stayed as against defendants Powell and Rodney Michaels

effective as of the date of the filing of the within application.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 6, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

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66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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