Comments on: Case of the Day: Davis v. Zhou Liang https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/11/26/case-of-the-day-davis-v-zhou-liang/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:57:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Case of the Day: Davis v. Zhou | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/11/26/case-of-the-day-davis-v-zhou-liang/#comment-3215 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:22:17 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=27755#comment-3215 […] case of the day is Davis v. Zhou (9th Cir. 2019). I covered the case in November 2018. Zhou Liang, a Chinese national, was driving a rental car in Seattle when he collided with a city […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/11/26/case-of-the-day-davis-v-zhou-liang/#comment-3214 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:32:01 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=27755#comment-3214 In reply to Aaron Lukken.

The Ninth Circuit has a recent decision that addresses the state/federal interplay, though not in the terms you suggest. Whidbee v. Pierce County, 857 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2017). Whidbee is a removal case; I am not sure whether there is a Ninth Circuit case that arises when the case was brought in the district court in the first instance.

]]> By: Aaron Lukken https://lettersblogatory.com/2018/11/26/case-of-the-day-davis-v-zhou-liang/#comment-3213 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:07:58 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=27755#comment-3213 An interesting Erie conflict there—FRCP 4(m) would clearly govern whether the initiation of service was timely (i.e., no specific deadline, but a reasonable diligence standard). But if the state statute of limitation requires a hard 90-day deadline, there’s a problem. I see an equal protection argument brewing …

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