Desh Vegas, LLC v. AKR Events, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 DESH VEGAS, LLC, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-01809-RFB-NJK 7 Plaintiff(s), Order v. [Docket No. 16] AKR EVENTS, INC., et al., 10 Defendant(s). 1] Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to extend the time to effectuate service. 12} Docket No. 16. Plaintiffs explain that their domestic attempts at service have failed and are now 13} shifting their focus to service abroad. Jd. The Court hereby GRANTS that motion to extend and 14] SETS a new deadline to effectuate service for July 11, 2024.! 16 Dated: April 19, 2024 Ao a 17 LRN ~~, Nancy J. Koppe. 18 United Statés“Magistrate Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ' Foreign service is generally not governed by Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m); see also Lucas v. Natoli, 936 F.2d 432, 432 (9th Cir. 1991) 26] (addressing predecessor version of Rule 4(m)). Nonetheless, courts possess inherent authority to set a deadline for foreign service. See Inst. of Cetacean Rsch. v. Sea Shepherd Conserv. Soc’y, 27} 153 F. Supp. 3d 1291, 1320 (W.D. Wash. 2015) (collecting cases). Failure to comply with such deadline may result in dismissal. See id.; see also Panliant Fin’l Corp. v. ISEE3D, Inc., 2014 WL 28] 3592718, at *6-7 (D. Nev. July 21, 2014).