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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Anita Barajas, )

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Plaintiff, )

) CV 11-322-TUC-DCB

v. )

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University Physicians, Inc., Cigna Group )

Insurance, and Life Insurance Company )

of N.A. , a Cigna Company, ) O R D E R

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Defendants. )

_________________________________ )

Plaintiff, having established her status as an indigent may proceed without the

prepayment of costs or fees or the necessity of giving security therefore. Plaintiff shall be

responsible for service of the Summons and Complaint, pursuant to Rule 4(d) of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure.

Rule 4(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides in part that: 

An individual, corporation, or association that is subject to service under

subdivision (e), (f) or (h) and that receives notice of an action in the manner

provided in this paragraph, has a duty to avoid unnecessary costs of serving the

summons. To avoid the costs, the plaintiff may notify such a defendant of the

commencement of the action and request that the defendant waive service of a

summons. 

Rule 4(d)(2) further provides that if a defendant fails to comply with the request for

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waiver, the court “shall impose the costs subsequently incurred in effecting service on the

defendant unless good cause for the failure be shown.”

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (doc. 2) is

GRANTED.

DATED this 7th day of June, 2011.

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