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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK K MUBIRU,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01597-SAB

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

STATUS REPORT ON SERVICE 

(ECF No. 3)

TEN DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and paying the filing fee, initiated this action on November 

13, 2023 against Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not filed any

proof of service and no Defendant has filed a responsive pleading. The mandatory scheduling 

conference is currently set for March 26, 2024. (ECF No. 3.) 

Rule 4(m) provides that “[i]f a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint 

is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action 

without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). “But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend 

the time for service for an appropriate period.” Id. The order setting the scheduling conference in 

this matter additionally provides that: “plaintiff shall diligently pursue service of the summons 

and complaint and dismiss those defendants against whom the plaintiff will not pursue 

claims...[and] plaintiff shall promptly file proofs of service of the summons and complaint so the 

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Court has a record of service.” (ECF No. 3 at 1.) “Failure to timely serve the summons and 

complaint may result in the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal of unserved defendants.” 

(Id. at 2.) 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within ten days of entry of this order, 

Plaintiff shall file a notice regarding the status of service on Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 

in relation to the parties’ readiness for the March 26, 2024 scheduling conference, including 

whether service has been completed or whether entry of default is proper. Plaintiff is advised that 

failure to comply with this order may result in the issuance of sanctions, up to and including 

dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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