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CHRISTOPHER COOKE, CA Bar #142342 STEPHEN S. WU, CA Bar # 205091 COOKE KOBRICK & WU LLP 177 Bovet Road, Suite 600 San Mateo, CA 94402 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (650) 638-2370 Fax: (650) 341-1395 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION MEI-FANG LISA ZHANG, BAY AREA AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LLC, XUEHUAN GAO, YANG-CHUN ZHANG, CAROL JIAN DENG, and HAO LIANG, ) Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW ) (Related to C-05-02641 JSW) ) ) RETURN OF SERVICE ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) WEI-MAN RAYMOND TSE, RUN PING ) ) ZHOU a.k.a. FLORA ZHOU, THERESA WONG, JAMES YU, BILL SHU WAI MA, ) ) MOLLY LAU, VICTOR SO, JIAN XIAO, ) CHRIST INVESTMENT SERVICE INC., CIS ) SERVICE, INC., PACIFIC BEST GROUP ) ) LTD. a.k.a. PACIFIC BEST COMPANY LTD., and SOUTH CHINA INVESTMENT ) ) INC., ) Defendants. )
I, Stephen S. Wu, declare: 1. I am an attorney in the law firm of Cooke Kobrick & Wu LLP, 177 Bovet Road,
Suite 600, San Mateo, CA 94402 and counsel for Plaintiffs in this case. 2. On March 14, 2008, t C ut re d htsri o t S m osn h at n h orodr t "e c fh u m n i t s co e e a ve e i i
on Defendant Theresa Wong shall be accomplished by publication in the San Francisco -1RETURN OF SERVICE/ Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW
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Chronicle and the Sing Tao Daily . . . as the newspapers most likely to give actual notice to D f dn T e s Wog ad htpb ct n hlb m d oc a ek o fu w es e nat hr a n" n t "ulao sa e ae ne w e fror ek. e e a i i l " 3. A true and correct copy of the Declaration of Publication of San Francisco
Chronicle ( FC rn l D c r i " i aahed hereto as Exhibit A. In the SF Chronicle " S hoie el ao )s tc c a tn t Declaration, t Sn Fac c C rn l s l a avrsm n r r eti Wel h a r i o hoie e l de i et e e n t e e ns c' g te p s av sy e Manalastas states that publication of the Summons in this case took place on March 22, March 29, April 5, and April 12, 2008. 4. A true and correct copy of the Declaration of Publication of Sing Tao Daily
( i T o D i D c r i " i aahd hr o a E h i B I t Sn T o D i " n a ay el ao ) s tce e t s xi t . n h i a ay Sg l a tn t e b e g l Declaration, Sing Tao Daily Deputy General Manager Florence Tso states that publication of the Summons in this case took place on March 24, March 31, April 7, and April 14, 2008. 5. California Government Code Section 6060 requires that publication of notices be
m d i a nw ppr f ee li u t n The SF Chronicle Declaration and Sing Tao Daily aen "e sae o gnr c cli . a r ao " D c r i s tt tah fhs nw ppria nw ppr f ee li u t n within the el ao teh ec o t e e sae s "e sae o gnr c cli " a tn a a e s a r ao meaning of California Government Code Section 6000. 6. Under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 415.50(c), service of a
summons by publication is deemed complete as provided in Section 6064 of the Government Code. Section 6064 of the Government Code provides for publication once a week for fours successive weeks. 7. The SF Chronicle Declaration and Sing Tao Daily Declaration show that
publication has taken place once a week for four consecutive weeks. Accordingly, service of process by publication on Theresa Wong is, as of April 14, 2008, deemed complete. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated: May 26, 2008 /s/ STEPHEN S. WU
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EXHIBIT A Declaration of Publication Of San Francisco Chronicle
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EXHIBIT B Declaration of Publication Of Sing Tao Daily
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