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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Luiz Arnoldo Gonzalez-Pena, 

Plaintiff, 

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Lopez, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 04-3023-PHX-DGC (MEA)

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Response to the Court’s March 28, 2007 Order to Show

Cause (Doc. # 19). The Court required Plaintiff to show cause why Defendants Lopez and

Osario should not be dismissed for failure to serve. The Court will dismiss Lopez and Osario

for failure to serve and terminate this action.

I. Response to Order to Show Cause

The Court’s March 28, 2007 Order explicitly directed Plaintiff to explain why Lopez

and Osario should not be dismissed for failure to serve. Plaintiff’s response, however,

focuses exclusively on exhaustion and the merits of his claims. Plaintiff does not attempt to

articulate why he has not attempted to effect service on Lopez and Osario after their

summonses were returned unexecuted in August and October of 2006. This Court’s July 20,

2006 Screening Order warned Plaintiff that failure to effect service on any Defendant within

120 days of the filing of the complaint or within 60 days of the filing of the Screening Order,

whichever was later, would result in the dismissal of any defendant not served. The Court’s

March 28, 2007 Order to Show Cause reiterated that warning. In failing to adduce any

explanation for his failure to effect service, Plaintiff has not discharged his responsibility

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under the Order to Show Cause. Consequently, Defendants Lopez and Osario will be

dismissed for failure to serve pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 16.2(b)(2)(B)(i). 

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants Lopez and Osario are dismissed for failure to

serve pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule of Civil

Procedure 16.2(b)(2)(B)(i). Plaintiff’s action is dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk

shall terminate this action.

DATED this 30th day of April, 2007.

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