Free Declaration in Support - District Court of California - California

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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, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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. ) Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW (Related to C-05-02641 JSW) DECLARATION OF GLEN ALBERIGI SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS, GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, AND GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE COMPLAINT

I, Glen Alberigi, declare: 1. I have been retained by counsel for Plaintiffs in this action as a private detective

to assist in effecting service of process. -1DECLARATION OF GLEN ALBERIGI SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS, GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, AND GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE COMPLAINT Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW

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2.

I am a private detective and a California registered process server.

I am

frequently retained by attorneys to locate defendants in lawsuits to effect service of process. In this case, I have been retained by Plaintiffs' counsel to find various defendants and serve them with the Summons and Complaint. 3. I use various "search locators" in an effort to locate individuals. "Search

locators" are businesses that search for data on a person, such as addresses, criminal records, and credit, and create databases. Some search locators are IRB Search, Merlin Information, and Baxter Research. 4. Plaintiffs' counsel also retained me to serve Ms. Theresa Wong with the

Summons and Complaint in this case. 5. I was to serve Ms. Wong at her last known office address at 555 Montgomery

Street Suite 610 San Francisco, California. Days I attempted service on: 6. I went to 555 Montgomery Street on September 24, 2007, October 18, 2007,

November 11, 2007, November 27, 2007, November 28, 2007, December 5, 2007, February 4, 2008, and February 5, 2008 and conducted surveillance at that location to wait for Ms. Wong to appear. She did not, however, appear at the above address on those days. Accordingly, I have never seen Ms. Wong at that office address. 7. Because I have been unable to serve her at her last known office address, if I do

not have Ms. Wong's home address, it will not be possible for me to effect service of process. 8. I have tried to locate Ms. Wong's home address through my usual search locators

with negative results. 9. Because I have neither an office address nor a home address for Ms. Wong, I do

not know her whereabouts, and I am unable to serve her. 10. Plaintiffs' counsel also retained me to serve Mr. James Yu with the Summons and

Complaint in this case. I was to serve Mr. Yu at his work at the California Department of Motor Vehicles, 1377 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA.

-2DECLARATION OF GLEN ALBERIGI SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS, GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, AND GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE COMPLAINT Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW

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