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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Case No.: 5:15-cv-03856-EJD

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CHRISTINA SERNA,

Plaintiff,

v.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, 

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-03856-EJD 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On August 4, 2015, Plaintiff Christina Serna (“Plaintiff”) filed the Complaint underlying 

this action. To date, however, the docket does not contain a proof of service or waiver of service 

for Defendant Collection Management Systems (“CMS”), and CMS has not appeared in this 

action. 

The then-effective version of Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provided

in pertinent part: 

If service of the summons and complaint is not made upon a 

defendant within 120 days after the filing of the complaint, the 

court, upon motion or on its own initiative after notice to the 

plaintiff, shall dismiss the action without prejudice as to that 

defendant or direct that service be effected within a specified time; 

provided that if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the 

court shall extend the time for service for an appropriate period. 

The 120-day period for service provided by Rule 4(m) expired on December 2, 2015. 

Accordingly, the court issues the instant Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) requiring that Plaintiff, no 

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Case No.: 5:15-cv-03856-EJD

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later than December 18, 2015, either: (1) file documents to show proof of service of the Summons 

and Complaint on CMS; or (2) explain in writing why service has not been accomplished. No 

hearing will be held on the order to show cause unless otherwise ordered by the court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2015

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EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

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