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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SOKHA KHEK,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03902-BLF 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

To Plaintiff Sokha Khek, you are hereby ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE in writing, on or 

before January 27, 2016, why this action should not be dismissed for failure to serve Defendant 

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) and/or prosecute this action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). 

This case was filed on August 26, 2015, ECF 1, and a summons was issued for Defendant 

on August 27, 2015, ECF 5. The Court’s records do not indicate that Plaintiff has served the 

summons on Defendant. 

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not contemplate an indefinite and indeterminate 

delay in the service of process. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). In fact, the newly amended Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure seek to reduce the delay in the early stages of litigation by reducing the time to 

serve a defendant from 120 days to 90 days. Id. 

Here, Plaintiff has not complied with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), which requires defendants to be 

served within 120 days after the complaint is filed. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Sokha Khek

TO SHOW CAUSE why this case should not be dismissed for failure to serve Defendant and/or 

prosecute this action. Plaintiff shall submit a written response on or before January 27, 2016. In 

the alternative, if Plaintiff files proof of service on Defendant on or before January 27, 2016, the 

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Court will dissolve this order to show cause. The Court advises Plaintiff that a failure to respond 

to the order to show by January 27, 2016 will result in the dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 30, 2015 

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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