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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

HARVEST INVESTMENT 

MANAGEMENT, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No.18-cv-01627-VKD 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

Plaintiff Scott Johnson filed the present action on March 15, 2018. Dkt. No. 1. Summons 

issued the same day. Dkt. No. 6. Pursuant to General Order No. 56, Mr. Johnson’s last day to 

complete service on defendant Harvest Investment Management, LLC or to file a motion for 

administrative relief from the service deadline was May 14, 2018. Dkt. No. 5. The docket does 

not indicate that service has been completed. Mr. Johnson has not filed a motion for 

administrative relief from the May 14, 2018 service deadline.

“If a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on motion 

or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that 

defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). The service 

deadline will be extended upon a showing of good cause. Id. In the present action, the 90-day 

deadline for completing service has long since passed and no showing of good cause has been 

made to extend the deadline. 

Accordingly, Mr. Johnson’s attorneys, Chris Carson, Dennis Jay Price II, Mary Irene 

Melton, and Phyl Grace, are directed to file a written response to this order by Thursday, August 

16, 2018 and to appear before this Court on August 21, 2018, 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2 of the 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California and show cause why this 

action should not be dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to timely complete service of 

process.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 10, 2018

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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