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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Michael Arikat, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Chase Visa, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 05-03302 JW 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

 On January 9, 2006, the Court conducted a case management conference. There were no

appearances from any of the parties. 

Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on August 12, 2005. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m)

requires that the summons and compliant be served upon the Defendants within 120 days after the

filing of the Complaint. Accordingly, Plaintiffs should have served Defendants by December 10,

2005. To date, no certificates of service have been filed with respect of any of the Defendants. 

Rule 4(m) gives this Court the authority to either dismiss the action without prejudice or

direct that service be effective within a specified time provided that the Plaintiffs show good cause

for the failure. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). In this case, thirty days have passed since the deadline for

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service of process of the summons and complaint. Still, there is no proof of service. 

Plaintiffs have received timely notice of the case management conference date yet Plaintiffs

failed to appear for the January 9, 2006's case management conference. In addition, Plaintiffs have

failed to file any statement with the Court to show good cause why Defendants have not been

served. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this case without prejudice. The Clerk shall

close this file.

Dated: January 10, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Stanley G. Hilton FROG727@AOL.COM

Dated: January 10, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers Melissa Peralta

Courtroom Deputy

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