Delivery of the summons and the complaint to a manager at the Hilton Garden Inn is not proper under this option where Stancu fails to provide evidence that the manager is also “an officer, a managing or general agent, or any other agent authorized by appointment or by law.” Id.; see, e.g., Collins v. WAFB, LLC, Civ. No. 16-15648, 2017 WL 951948, at *2 (E.D. La. Mar. 10, 2017) (“Personal service on someone other than the registered agent is also considered insufficient. See, e.g., Matthews v. Int'l House of Pancakes, Inc., No. 07-2869, 2008 WL 217173, at *4 (E.D. La. Jan. 23, 2008) (dismissing claims for insufficient service of process where the plaintiff attempted to serve the corporate owner of IHOP Restaurants by delivering a copy of the summons and complaint to the general manager at a particular IHOP Restaurant).”)
Wesenberg v. New Orleans Airport Motel Assocs. TRS, LLC, No. 14-1632, 2015 WL 5599012, at *2 (E.D. La. Sept. 22, 2015) (citing Larsen v. Mayo Med. Ctr., 218 F.3d 863, 868 (8th Cir. 2000)); Collins v. WAFB, LLC, No. 16-15648, 2017 WL 951948, at *2 (E.D. La. Mar. 10, 2017). B. Failure to Timely Serve Defendant