My Daily Choice, Inc. v. Kiss Nutraceuticals LLC, et al.
My Daily Choice, Inc. v. Kiss Nutraceuticals LLC, et al.
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 My Daily Choice, Inc., 2:25-cv-00205-CDS-MDC
4 Plaintiff(s), ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR SERVICE (ECF No. 5 vs. 23) 6 Kiss Nutraceuticals LLC, et al., 7 Defendant(s). 8 Plaintiff filed a Motion to Extend Time for Service. (“Motion”). ECF No. 23. The Court 9 GRANTS the Motion. The Court grants the request for additional time and will allow plaintiff until 10 March 2, 2026 to serve defendant Cole T. Evans (“Evans”). 11 I. LEGAL STANDARD 12 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for service within the United States pursuant to 13 the law of the state in which the district court is located, or in which service is made. See, e.g., FRCP 14 4(e)(1). Rule 4 states that “the plaintiff is responsible for having the summons and complaint served 15 within the time allowed by Rule 4(m)[.] 16 There are several factors courts consider in evaluating a party's due diligence, including the 17 number of attempts made to serve the defendant at his residence and other methods of locating 18 defendants, such as consulting public directories and family members. See Price v. Dunn,
106 Nev. 19 100, 102-104,
787 P.2d 785, 786-787(Nev. 1990). Regarding extensions, “a district court may 20 consider factors ‘like statute of limitations bar, prejudice to the defendant, actual notice of a lawsuit, 21 and eventual service.’” Efaw v. Williams,
473 F.3d 1038, 1041 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Troxell v. 22 Fedders of N. Am. Inc.,
160 F.3d 381, 383(7th Cir. 1998)). 23 II. ANALYSIS 24 This is plaintiff’s second motion to extend time. Plaintiff argues that it has attempted to serve 25 1 || defendant at the same address it previously attempted to serve him at on two different occasions, but it 2 || has continued to be unsuccessful. ECF No. 23 at 3. Plaintiff submits a declaration from a process 3 || server that states that he attempted to serve plaintiff at his last known addresses in Colorado but was 4 || unable to serve him. ECF No. 23-1. 5 In the Court’s previous Order, the Court noted that, “[p]laintiff does not state whether the 6 || process server attempted any surveillance of the residence to wait for Evans or make contact with 7 || whomever was home. Plaintiff also fails to show that it made any efforts to locate alternative 8 || addresses for Evans.” ECF No. 2/. Plaintiff again does not show that it made any attempts to locate 9 || alternative addresses or conduct any surveillance to make contact with Evans. Plaintiff filed this case 10 || nearly a year ago, but the defendant will likely not be prejudiced by an additional extension here. 11 || Defendant may have actual notice of the suit and plaintiff may be able to eventually serve the 12 || defendant. The Court has broad discretion to permit an extension under Rule 4 and grants plaintiff 13 || such extension. The defendants will not be prejudiced by a reasonable extension. 14 ACCORDINGLY, 6 IT IS ORDERED that:
7 1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time for Service (ECF No. 23) is GRANTED. 18 2. Plaintiff has until March 2, 2026, to serve the defendant. 9 DATED: December 15, 2025. IT IS SO ORDERED. if “9 □□
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