EVENTBRITE, INC. VS. MARTIN BIALLAS ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Monday, August 10, 2026, Line 9.

Defendants Martin Biallas and SEE Global Entertainment Inc.'s motion to set aside their defaults is denied. The court credits the proofs of service of summons filed by plaintiff Eventbrite, Inc. on April 24, 2026 and June 10, 2026 which are signed under penalty of perjury by registered process server Alfredo Paz and Paz's declaration filed with the opposition papers to this motion, all of which show that both defendants were properly served with substitute service. The court finds that the defendants maintain an office at 5455 Wilshire and at that office there is an agent or independent contractor of defendants with the first name Michael who believed he was authorized to accept service of documents on behalf of defendants and so informed Paz.

The court further finds that defendants had the ability to submit a declaration from Michael and did not do so. The court further finds that the declarations of Biallas are carefully worded and evasive in that the first one states that Biallas maintains a residence in California and then states that his residence is in Germany and Panama and neither declaration refutes that a person named Michael is an agent or independent contractor for either or both defendants or that Michael stated to Paz that Michael could and would accept service of documents on behalf of defendants

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