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Parties Involved:
Cardinal Puffs, LLC
Defendant
Suzanne E. Forsberg
Defendant
Robert M. Forsberg
Defendant
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.
Plaintiff
Rooster Juice Grill and Sports Bar
Defendant

Document Text:

PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER CONTINUING 

THE INITIAL SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND EXTENDING TIME TO 

COMPLETE SERVICE; AND ORDER (Proposed)

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Thomas P. Riley, SBN 194706

LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS P. RILEY, P.C.

First Library Square

1114 Fremont Avenue

South Pasadena, CA 91030-3227

Tel: 626-799-9797

Fax: 626-799-9795

TPRLAW@att.net

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

JOE HAND PROMOTIONS, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

ROBERT M. FORSBERG, et al.

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-01559-WBS-EFB

PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER 

CONTINUING THE INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND 

EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE 

SERVICE; AND ORDER (Proposed)

TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM B. SHUBB, THE PARTIES AND THEIR

ATTORNEY/S OF RECORD:

As of this date, Plaintiff has been unable to successfully serve its initiating suit papers upon 

defendants Robert M. Forsberg and Suzanne E. Forsberg, individually and d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill 

and Sports Bar; and Cardinal Puffs, LLC, an unknown business entity d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill and 

Sports Bar.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff makes the following representations and recommendations:

1. On July 1, 2014, Plaintiff’s Complaint was filed against Defendants Robert M. 

Forsberg, individually and d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill and Sports Bar; and Cardinal Puffs, LLC, an 

unknown business entity d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill and Sports Bar.

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2. Plaintiff has incurred difficulties locating the whereabouts of the Defendants. As such, 

Plaintiff has still not perfected service of the initiating suit papers upon the Defendants, Robert M. 

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PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER CONTINUING 

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COMPLETE SERVICE; AND ORDER (Proposed)

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Forsberg, Suzanne E. Forsberg, and Cardinal Puffs, LLC, despite efforts to do so. (Please find a true 

and correct copy of the process server’s Status Reports attached hereto and made part hereof as 

Plaintiff’s Exhibit 1).

3. Plaintiff has recently identified an address (801 Atherton Drive, Apt. 70, Manteca, CA 

95337) that it believes will be successful to serve its initiating suit papers upon these particular 

defendants, and has notified its process server of same. Plaintiff respectfully requests this additional 

continuance of time to serve the Defendants. In the event it is determined Plaintiff cannot locate the 

Defendants, Plaintiff’s counsel will seek no further extensions in this action and will either dismiss the 

defendants outright or seek to effect service by publication within the additional days granted by way of 

this Application before this Honorable Court.

4. Plaintiff Joe Hand Promotions, Inc., hereby applies ex parte for an order further 

continuing the Initial Scheduling Conference presently set for October 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM. As 

set forth below, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable Court continue the Status Conference and 

extend the time to complete service an additional Thirty (30) days to Forty-Five (45).

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests that this Honorable Court continue the Initial 

Scheduling Conference, presently scheduled for October 27, at 2:00 PM and permit Plaintiff an 

additional Thirty (30) days to Forty-Five (45) from today’s date to effectuate service of the Summons 

and Complaint filed in this matter, or to file a motion for service by publication, or in the alternative, 

a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to the named defendant.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: October 22, 2014 /s/ Thomas P. Riley 

LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS P. RILEY, P.C.

By: Thomas P. Riley

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.

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PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER CONTINUING 

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ORDER

 It is hereby ordered that the Initial Scheduling Conference in civil action number 2:14-cv-01559-

WBS-EFB styled Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Robert M. Forsberg, et al., is hereby continued from 

2:00 PM, October 27, 2014 to February 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. A Joint Status Report shall be filed no 

later than February 3, 2015.

Plaintiff is granted an additional thirty (30) days to forty-five (45) days from today’s date to 

effectuate service of the Summons and Complaint filed in this matter, or to file a motion for service 

by publication, or in the alternative, a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to defendants Robert M. 

Forsberg and Suzanne E. Forsberg, individually and d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill and Sports Bar; Cardinal 

Puffs, LLC, an unknown business entity d/b/a Rooster Juice Grill and Sports Bar, where service has not 

been made or service by publication requested. 

Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this Order on the Defendant and thereafter file a Certification of 

Service of this Order with the Clerk of the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: October 23, 2014

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PROOF OF SERVICE (SERVICE BY MAIL)

I declare that:

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, California. I am over the age of eighteen years 

and not a party to the within cause; my business address is 1114 Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena, 

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California. I am readily familiar with this law firm's practice for collection and processing of 

correspondence/documents for mail in the ordinary course of business.

On October 22, 2014, I served:

PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER CONTINUING THE 

INITIAL SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE 

SERVICE; AND ORDER (Proposed)

On all parties in said cause by enclosing a true copy thereof in a sealed envelope with postage 

prepaid and following ordinary business practices, said envelope was duly mailed and addressed to:

Robert M. Forsberg (Defendant)

1325 West Yosemite Avenue

Manteca, CA 95337

Suzanne E. Forsberg (Defendant)

1325 West Yosemite Avenue

Manteca, CA 95337

Cardinal Puffs, LLC (Defendant)

1325 West Yosemite Avenue

Manteca, CA 95337

The fully sealed envelope with pre-paid postage was thereafter placed in our law firm’s 

outbound mail receptacle in order that this particular piece of mail could be taken to the United States 

Post Office in South Pasadena, California later this day by myself (or by another administrative 

assistant duly employed by our law firm).

I declare under the penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the United States that the 

foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on October 22, 2014, at South 

Pasadena, California.

Dated: October 22, 2014 /s/ Stefanie Martinez 

n STEFANIE MARINEZ

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