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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS VALENZUELA RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUSAN HUBBARD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:10-cv-00858-DLB PC

ORDER INSTRUCTING PLAINTIFF ON 

SERVICE OF PROCESS, AND 

REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO SERVE 

DEFENDANTS WITHIN ONE-HUNDRED 

TWENTY DAYS 

ECF No. 23

I. Order Directing Plaintiff to Initiate Service of Process

Plaintiff Luis Valenzuela Rodriguez (“Plaintiff”) is a California state prisoner proceeding pro 

se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed his third amended complaint 

on February 29, 2012. By separate order, the Court has screened Plaintiff’s third amended complaint 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and finds that it states cognizable claims for relief against Defendants 

Hubbard, Cate, Harrington, Biter, Soto, Phillips, Da Veiga, Ozaeta, Betzinger, Gregory, Garza, 

Wegman, Alic, Grissom, Speidell, Davis, Foster, Freir, and Rankin.

Plaintiff paid the filing fee in full for initiating this action. Because Plaintiff is not 

proceeding in forma pauperis, it is Plaintiff’s responsibility to effect service of the summons and 

complaint on Defendants Hubbard, Cate, Harrington, Biter, Soto, Phillips, Da Veiga, Ozaeta, 

Betzinger, Gregory, Garza, Wegman, Alic, Grissom, Speidell, Davis, Foster, Freir, and Rankin. The 

Clerk of the Court will be directed to issue nineteen summonses to Plaintiff for purposes of service 

of process. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.

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Plaintiff shall complete service of process in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 4 within one-hundred twenty (120) days from the date of service of this order. Plaintiff 

shall serve a copy of this order on each Defendant together with a summons and a copy of the 

complaint. The following two sections contain instructions on how to serve Defendants. 

A. Waiver of Service

Pursuant to Rule 4(d)(1), Plaintiff may (but is not required to) notify Defendants Cate and 

Harrington of the commencement of this action and request that they waive service of the summons. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1). If Plaintiff wishes to do this, he must mail each Defendant (1) the form 

entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service for Summons,” (2) the form entitled 

“Waiver of Service of Summons,” and (3) a copy of the complaint. The documents must be 

addressed directly to each Defendant (not the Attorney General’s Office) and must be dispatched 

(mailed) through first-class mail. The Waiver of Service of Summons form must set forth the date 

on which the request is sent and must allow each Defendant at least thirty (30) days in which to 

return the waiver to Plaintiff. If Defendants sign and return the waiver forms to Plaintiff, Plaintiff 

must then file the forms with the Court. After filing the forms with the Court, Plaintiff need not take 

any further steps to serve defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(4).

B. Personal Service

If either (1) Plaintiff does not wish to request Defendants to waive service or (2) one or more 

of the Defendants fail to return the Waiver of Service of Summons form to Plaintiff, Plaintiff must 

have personal service effected on Defendants. Each Defendant must be personally served with a 

summons and a copy of the complaint, along with a copy of this order. Plaintiff may not effect 

personal service himself. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c). Service may be effected by any person who is not a 

party to this action and who is at least eighteen years old. Id. The Court will provide Plaintiff with a 

copy of Rule 4 along with this order. Plaintiff should review Rule 4(e), which addresses how 

personal service may be effected. 

C. Conclusion

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue and send Plaintiff nineteen (19) 

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summonses; 

2. The Clerk is further directed to send Plaintiff:

a) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver 

of Service of Summons;” 

b) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Waiver of Service;” 

c) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Consent to Proceed Before United States 

Magistrate Judge” with instructions; and 

d) One (1) copy of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

3. Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order and a copy of the form “Consent to Proceed 

Before United States Magistrate Judge” on Defendants at the time of service of the 

summons and complaint;

4. Plaintiff shall complete service of process on Defendants Hubbard, Cate, Harrington, 

Biter, Soto, Phillips, Da Veiga, Ozaeta, Betzinger, Gregory, Garza, Wegman, Alic, 

Grissom, Speidell, Davis, Foster, Freir, and Rankin within one-hundred twenty 

(120) days from the date of service of this order; and

5. Plaintiff’s failure to timely complete service of the complaint on Defendants may 

result in dismissal of this action against them. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 28, 2012 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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