Estate of Darulis v. Garate

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• providing that “[i]t is well-settled that in 21 diversity cases federal courts must apply the choice-of-law rules of the forum state”
• finding that the Advisory Committee notes to the 1993 amendment strongly suggest the Committee did not intend to curtail application of Rule 4(d)(2) where a defendant was subject to an ultimately unsuccessful claim
• “Rule 4(d)(2) provides for an award of [service] costs regardless of 16 which party can recover other costs pursuant to Rule 54(d)(1).”
• Rule 4(d)(2) of 26 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “imposes a duty to avoid unnecessary costs of service” 27 (emphasis in original)
• reviewing a decision under Rule 4(d)(2) for abuse of discretion
• setting forth standard of review

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