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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DENISE FRANCIS,

NO. CIV. S 04-1640 MCE JFM

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

RE: DISMISSAL

DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY,

Defendant.

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The complaint in this matter was filed on August 12, 2004. 

Plaintiff’s counsel, David Ndudim, was ordered to complete

service of process and to submit a joint status report not later

than December 12, 2004. On March 31, 2005, an Order to Show

Cause was issued given Plaintiff’s failure to file a joint status

report. In response to that Order to Show Cause, Plaintiff’s

counsel conceded he had not even effectuated service on the

Defendant and indicated he would be withdrawing from the case. 

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Thereafter, despite two purported attempt to withdraw that were

rejected by the Court as both substantively and procedurally

inadequate, Plaintiff’s counsel has failed to either properly

effectuate withdrawal or, even more fundamentally, to serve

Defendant Defense Commissary Agency with this lawsuit.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides that if the

summons and complaint is not served on a defendant within 120

days after the filing of the complaint, the Court may, upon its

own initiative after notice to the plaintiff, dismiss the action,

without prejudice. The present case has been pending for more

than a year, and Plaintiff has failed to serve the defendant, let

alone file the required joint status report. Unless Plaintiff

demonstrates good cause for a further extension of time, by

papers filed not later than twenty (20) days following the date

of this Order, the Court will dismiss this action, on its own

initiative and without prejudice, for failure to comply with the

requirements of Rule 4(m). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 26, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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