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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM TOWNSEND, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

D.K. SISTO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:09-cv-2342 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action seeking 

relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 16, 2012, the court ordered the United States 

Marshal to serve process upon defendant Singh. The Marshal was directed to attempt to secure a 

waiver of service before attempting personal service on defendant Singh. If a waiver of service 

was not returned within sixty days, the Marshal was directed to effect personal service on 

defendant Singh in accordance with the provisions of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 566(c), without prepayment of costs, and to file the return of service 

with evidence of any attempt to secure a waiver of service and with evidence of all costs 

subsequently incurred in effecting personal service.

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On July 19, 2013, the United States Marshal filed a return of service with a USM-285 

form showing total charges of $58.39 for effecting personal service on defendant Singh. The 

form shows that a waiver of service form was mailed to the defendant on January 22, 2013, and 

that no response was received. 

Rule 4(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in pertinent part, as follows: 

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

under Rule 4(e), (f), or (h) has a duty to avoid unnecessary 

expenses of serving the summons. . . .

If a defendant located within the United States fails, without good 

cause, to sign and return a waiver requested by a plaintiff located 

within the United States, the court must impose on the defendant:

(A) the expenses later incurred in making service; and

(B) the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, of any 

motion required to collect those service expenses.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1), (2)(A), (B).

The court finds that defendant Singh was given the opportunity required by Rule 4(d) to 

waive service and has failed to comply with the request. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within fourteen days from the date of this order defendant Singh shall pay to the 

United States Marshal the sum of $58.39, unless within that time defendant Singh files a written 

statement showing good cause for his failure to waive service.

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the U.S. Marshal.

Dated: October 21, 2013

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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