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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOANNE R. SCHEAFNOCKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE,

Defendant.

CIV. S-05-2002 DFL PAN PS

ORDER 

-o0oOn October 4, 2005, plaintiff paid the filing fee and

filed a complaint alleging defendant IRS denied her due process

in seizing the proceeds of a certificate of deposit plaintiff

held jointly with her ex-husband for purposes of child support.

On October 17, 2005, plaintiff filed a return

demonstrating service of process upon “Christian A. Speck,

General Attorney” at the IRS office in Sacramento. 

Service of process upon an agency of the United States 

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is governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(2)(A), which requires

“serving the United States in the manner prescribed by Rule

4(i)(1) and by also sending a copy of the summons and complaint

by registered or certified mail to the . . . agency.” Fed. R.

Civ. P. 4(i)(1) provides in pertinent part: 

(1) Service of process upon the United States shall be

effected (A) by delivering a copy of the summons and of the

complaint to the United States attorney for the district in

which the action is brought . . . or by sending a copy of

the summons and of the complaint by registered or certified

mail addressed to the civil process clerk at the office of

the United States attorney and (B) by also sending a copy of

the summons and of the complaint by registered or certified

mail to the Attorney General of the United States at

Washington, District of Columbia . . .

In order to comply with Rule 4(i), plaintiff is directed

to send by certified or registered mail a copy of the summons and

complaint to each of the following:

Mark W. Everson, Commissioner

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Department of the Treasury

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20220

McGregor W. Scott

United States Attorney

Eastern District of California

c/o Civil Process Clerk

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Alberto Gonzalez

Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20530-0001

Service of process is to be completed within 120 days

after the filing of plaintiff’s complaint, or by Wednesday,

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February 1, 2006. Plaintiff shall file proof of service no later

than February 10, 2006. 

So ordered.

Dated: January 23, 2006. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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