Legal Opinion
Pelayo v. JJ Lee Management Co., Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 2009No. B208024PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WILLHITE, J.
INTRODUCTION
In this case, we deal with the “do’s and don’ts” of Does. Code of Civil Procedure section 474 authorizes a plaintiff, who is ignorant of the true name of certain defendants, to name them as fictitious, or “Doe,” defendants. Upon discovering a Doe defendant’s true identity, the plaintiff must amend the complaint to allege the defendant’s true name, “provided, that no default or default judgment shall be entered against a defendant so designated” unless two requirements are met. First, the summons must bear “on the face thereof a notice stating in substance” that…
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