AARON H BRAUN VS. ST. OLAF COLLEGE ET AL

Matter on calendar for Tuesday, September 08, 2026, Line 9, DEFENDANT ST. OLAF COLLEGE, LEHMAN CROSBY's MOTION TO QUASH SERVICE OF SUMMONS OR STAY OR DISMISS.

Specially Appearing Defendants St. Olaf College and Lehman Crosby's Motion to Quash Service of Summons or Stay or Dismiss is GRANTED.

Specially Appearing Defendants move under Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10. Subsection (a) of that section provides: "A defendant, on or before the last day of his or his time to plead or within any further time that the court may for good cause allow, may serve and file a notice of motion for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To quash service of summons on the ground of lack of Jurisdiction of the court over him or her."

Specially Appearing Defendants contend the court lacks jurisdiction over them because Plaintiff Aaron H. Braun never properly served them with the complaint and summons.

When a defendant moves to quash service of process, the plaintiff bears the burden of demonstrating facts justifying the exercise of jurisdiction including proper service. (Dill v. Berquist Construction Co. (1994) 24 Cal.App.4th 1426, 1440 ["[T]he burden is on the plaintiff to prove the existence of jurisdiction by proving, inter alia, the facts requisite to an effective service"].)

On this record, Plaintiff has not established facts justifying the exercise of jurisdiction including proper service. The court quashes service on Specially Appearing Defendants.

Specially Appearing Defendants are ordered to prepare a proposed order which repeats verbatim the above text and email it to contestdept302tr@sftc.org prior to the time set for hearing.

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