Flanagan v. Columbia Collection Services, Inc, No. 3:2014cv00055 - Document 12 (D. Or. 2014)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER: Denying Motion for Entry of Default 11 . Signed on 5/9/14 by Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel. (kb)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON TERENCE PAUL FLANAGAN, Case No. 3:14-cv-00055-HU Plaintiff, v. OPINION AND ORDER COLUMBIA COLLECTION SERVICES, INC., an Oregon Corporation, and DOES 1-2, Defendants. HUBEL, Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff has filed a Motion for Entry of Order of Default Against Defendant Columbia Collection Services, Inc., document #11. Examining the return of service, document #10, it appears that the only service on defendant was made by certified mail to the address of the corporation, to the attention of "Randall Welch", who corporation, is claimed although to be the there is no registered reference agent to the for the State of Oregon records to support this claim or to any other source of this information. FRCP 4(h) corporation sets may be forth served. the manner Where in which service a domestic is a judicial in district of the United States, service must be personal, FRCP 4(h)(1)(B), or in the manner described in FRCP 4(e)(1). FRCP(4)(e)(1) requires following state law for service in the state where the district court is located. also prefers personal corporation. service on ORCP 7d(3)(b) the registered agent for a Alternatives include substituted service on the registered agent, an officer or director; personal service on any clerk or agent of the corporation in the county where the case is filed, or by mail in accordance with ORCP 7D(2)(d) to the office of the registered agent of the corporation. ORCP 7C(3)(b)(ii)(C). For valid service by mail, ORCP 7D(2)(d)(i) requires copies of the summons and complaint to be mailed by first class mail to the defendant in addition to certified, registered, or express mail with return receipt requested. The motion for an entry of default is denied because (1) There is no identification of the source of the information that Randall Welch is the registered agent for Columbia Collection Services, Inc., (2) There is no indication that the registered agent's office is located at the same address as the corporation at 12400 SE Freeman Way, Suite 202, Milwaukie, OR 97222, and (3) There is no record of mailing the summons and complaint by first methods class under mail ORCP and by one 7D(2)(d)(i) of to the the other office approved of the registered agent for Columbia Collection Services, Inc. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 9th day of May, 2014. /s/ Dennis J. Hubel Dennis J. Hubel United States Magistrate Judge
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