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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Plaintiff further includes in the document what he characterizes

as a Motion to Set for Jury Trial Pleading for a Jury Trial to Set a

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

DONALD MUHAMMAD, )

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Plaintiff, ) No. CIV 06-1057 PHX RCB

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Vs. ) O R D E R

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GREYHOUND BUS LINES, INC., )

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Defendant. ) )

Defendant Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc. has filed a motion to

dismiss for insufficient service of process, contending that

plaintiff had caused a copy of the Summons and Complaint to be

served upon a manager at the Greyhound Lines bus terminal in

Phoenix, Arizona, and that that manager was not authorized to

accept service of process.

Defendant has responded to that motion by what he styles as a

Motion to Dismiss Defendant's Motion for Insufficient Information

of Service of Process.1 Plaintiff does not assert that his process

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Date. This motion is moot in light of the court's ruling on the

pending motion to dismiss.

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server served a person authorized to receive process but makes a

variety of allegations which do not bear on the question of

jurisdiction. Defendant has replied.

An action is not properly served on a corporation unless a

copy of the Summons and Complaint is delivered to "an officer, a

managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by

appointment or by law to receive service of process . . ." Rule

4(h)(1) Fed. R. Civ. P. Plaintiff does not even assert that the

person served at the Greyhound terminal was a manager within the

meaning of Rule 4(h)(1).

IT IS ORDERED granting Defendant's motion to dismiss for

insufficient service of process. The Clerk is directed to

terminate this action.

DATED this 25th day of July, 2006.

Copies to plaintiff pro se and counsel of record

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