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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ELIZABETH HERRERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

KELKRIS ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04612-BLF 

ORDER TERMINATING CREDIT 

BUREAU SYSTEMS, INC.’S MOTION 

TO DISMISS AS MOOT; AND 

ORDERING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT CREDIT 

BUREAU SYSTEMS, INC. SHOULD 

NOT BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE 

TO EFFECT TIMELY SERVICE OF 

PROCESS

[Re: ECF 73]

The motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Credit Bureau Systems, Inc. and set for hearing 

on July 7, 2016, ECF 73, is TERMINATED AS MOOT in light of Plaintiff’s subsequent filing of 

a first amended complaint, ECF 82.

On April 5, 2016, the Court approved a stipulated order submitted by Plaintiff and 

Defendant Credit Bureau Systems, Inc. which voided service of process against Defendant Credit 

Bureau Systems, Inc. See Order Approving Stipulation to Void Service of Process, ECF 84. The 

stipulated order provided that Plaintiff would file a new proof of service showing service of 

process on Defendant Credit Bureau Systems, Inc. Plaintiff has not done so and the deadline for 

serving Defendant Credit Bureau Systems, Inc. has expired. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).1 

 

1 Rule 4(m) was amended, effective December 1, 2015, to shorten the time for service from 120 

days to 90 days. This Court applies the 120-day rule that was in effect when Plaintiff filed the

complaint on October 6, 2015. See Malibu Media, LLC v. Doe, No. C 15-04443 WHA, 2016 WL 

3383759, at *1 n.* (N.D. Cal. June 20, 2016) (applying prior version of Rule 4(m) to complaint 

filed prior to amendment’s effective date).

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Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, in writing and on or before July 

11, 2016, why Defendant Credit Bureau Systems, Inc. should not be dismissed for failure to effect 

timely service of process.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 27, 2016

 ______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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