Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Dean

D. Arizona

Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Dean

DecidedApril 1, 2025

Docket2:25-cv-00189

StatusUnknown

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance No. CV-25-00189-PHX-KML Company, 10 ORDER Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 Richard Dean, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance Company seeks permission to 16 complete alternative service on defendant Richard Dean. (Doc. 18.) Dean resides in a gated 17 community and when service was attempted, the security guard refused to admit the 18 process server. (Doc. 18-1 at 8.) Additional service attempts at that location would be futile. 19 Dean is involved in state court litigation and his counsel in that suit is Shawn Petri. (Doc. 20 18-1 at 14.) Petri stated attorney Anoop Bhatheja is Dean’s “personal counsel.” (Doc. 18- 21 1 at 14.) Farmers requests permission to serve Dean via certified mail to his home address 22 and by emailing Petri and Bhatheja. 23 Personal service would be extremely difficult and service via mail and email will 24 provide adequate notice of this action. The court therefore authorizes alternative service. 25 See Bank of New York Mellon v. Dodev, 433 P.3d 549, 558 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018) (holding 26 court may authorize alternative service when traditional “service would be extremely 27 difficult or inconvenient”) (quotation marks and citation omitted). 28 Accordingly, 1 IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Alternative Service (Doc. 18) is GRANTED. 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED within ten days of this order, Farmers shall mail || defendant Richard Dead copies of the Complaint, Summons and Civil Cover Sheet by 4|| certified mail to his home at 1176 Leisure World in Mesa, Arizona. Farmers shall also 5 || email defendant’s attorneys, Shawn Petri and Anoop Bhatheja, copies of the Complaint, || Summons, and Civil Cover Sheet. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Farmers shall file proof of service within seven days 8 || of completing service. 9 Dated this 1st day of April, 2025. 10

Honorable Krissa M. Lanham 13 United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance No. CV-25-00189-PHX-KML Company, 10 ORDER Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 Richard Dean, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance Company seeks permission to 16 complete alternative service on defendant Richard Dean. (Doc. 18.) Dean resides in a gated 17 community and when service was attempted, the security guard refused to admit the 18 process server. (Doc. 18-1 at 8.) Additional service attempts at that location would be futile. 19 Dean is involved in state court litigation and his counsel in that suit is Shawn Petri. (Doc. 20 18-1 at 14.) Petri stated attorney Anoop Bhatheja is Dean’s “personal counsel.” (Doc. 18- 21 1 at 14.) Farmers requests permission to serve Dean via certified mail to his home address 22 and by emailing Petri and Bhatheja. 23 Personal service would be extremely difficult and service via mail and email will 24 provide adequate notice of this action. The court therefore authorizes alternative service. 25 See Bank of New York Mellon v. Dodev, 433 P.3d 549, 558 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018) (holding 26 court may authorize alternative service when traditional “service would be extremely 27 difficult or inconvenient”) (quotation marks and citation omitted). 28 Accordingly, 1 IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Alternative Service (Doc. 18) is GRANTED. 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED within ten days of this order, Farmers shall mail || defendant Richard Dead copies of the Complaint, Summons and Civil Cover Sheet by 4|| certified mail to his home at 1176 Leisure World in Mesa, Arizona. Farmers shall also 5 || email defendant’s attorneys, Shawn Petri and Anoop Bhatheja, copies of the Complaint, || Summons, and Civil Cover Sheet. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Farmers shall file proof of service within seven days 8 || of completing service. 9 Dated this 1st day of April, 2025. 10

Honorable Krissa M. Lanham 13 United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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