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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID CHUBBACK,

Plaintiff,

v.

R.N. HAYDEN, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV- 1810 OWW DLB

ORDER INSTRUCTING PLAINTIFF ON

SERVICE OF PROCESS, AND REQUIRING

PLAINTIFF TO SERVE DEFENDANTS

WITHIN ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS

I. Order Directing Plaintiff to Initiate Service of Process

Plaintiff DAVID CHUBBACK (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on December 13, 2006. The

court has screened plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and finds that plaintiff’s

complaint appears to state cognizable claims for relief against defendants Hayden, Brown, Sedwick,

Diep, Castillo and Igbanosa for deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s serious medical needs, in

violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Plaintiff paid the filing fee in full for initiating this action. Because plaintiff is not

proceeding in forma pauperis, it is plaintiff’s responsibility to effect service of the summons and

complaint on defendants Hayden, Brown, Sedwick, Diep, Castillo and Igbanosa. The Clerk of the

Court will be directed to issue six summonses to plaintiff for purposes of service of process. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.

Plaintiff shall complete service of process in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

4 within one-hundred twenty (120) days from the date of service of this order. Plaintiff shall serve

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a copy of this order on each defendant together with a summons and a copy of the second amended

complaint. The following two sections contain instructions on how to serve defendants. 

A. Waiver of Service

Pursuant to Rule 4(d)(2), plaintiff may (but is not required to) notify defendants Hayden,

Brown, Sedwick, Diep, Castillo and Igbanosa of the commencement of this action and request that

they waive service of the summons. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2). If plaintiff wishes to do this, he must

mail each defendant (1) the form entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service for

Summons,” (2) the form entitled “Waiver of Service of Summons,” and (3) a copy of the second

amended complaint. The documents must be addressed directly to each defendant (not the Attorney

General’s Office) and must be dispatched (mailed) through first-class mail. The Waiver of Service

of Summons form must set forth the date on which the request is sent and must allow each defendant

at least thirty (30) days in which to return the waiver to plaintiff. If defendants sign and return the

waiver forms to plaintiff, plaintiff must then file the forms with the court. After filing the forms with

the court, plaintiff need not take any further steps to serve defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(4).

B. Personal Service

If either (1) plaintiff does not wish to request defendants to waive service or (2) one or more

of the defendants fail to return the Waiver of Service of Summons form to plaintiff, plaintiff must

have personal service effected on defendants. Each defendant must be personally served with a

summons and a copy of the second amended complaint, along with a copy of this order. Plaintiff

may not effect personal service himself. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c). Service may be effected by any person

who is not a party to this action and who is at least eighteen years old. Id. The court will provide

plaintiff with a copy of Rule 4 along with this order. Plaintiff should review Rule 4(e)(2), which

addresses how personal service may be effected. 

Plaintiff may request the assistance of the United States Marshal pursuant to Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 4(c)(2).

C. Conclusion

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue and send plaintiff six (6) summonses; 

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2. The Clerk is further directed to send plaintiff:

a) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver

of Service of Summons;” 

b) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Waiver of Service;” 

c) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Consent to Proceed Before United States

Magistrate Judge” with instructions; and 

d) One (1) copy of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

3. Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order and a copy of the form “Consent to Proceed

Before United States Magistrate Judge” on defendants at the time of service of the

summons and complaint;

4. Plaintiff shall complete service of process on defendants Hayden, Brown, Sedwick,

Diep, Castillo and Igbanosa within one-hundred twenty (120) days from the date

of service of this order; and

5. Plaintiff’s failure to timely complete service of the complaint on the defendants may

result in dismissal of this action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 9, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3c0h UNI j8 TED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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