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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03878-LB 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants on August 26, 2015. (Complaint – ECF No. 

1.) Under Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a plaintiff normally has 120 days to 

serve the complaint and summons on a defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). This means that in this 

case Plaintiff had until December 24, 2014 to serve the defendants. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), 

6(a)(1)(C). To date, Plaintiff has filed no proof that Defendants have been served. (See generally

ECF Nos. 1-6.)

The court accordingly orders Plaintiffs to serve Defendants by January 30, 2015, and to 

file proof of service by February 2, 2015 (or show good cause by that date for the failure to serve). 

Failure to do either of these will result in dismissal of this case without prejudice under Rule 4(m) 

for failure to prosecute.

To keep this case on track, the court sets a further case-management conference for 

February 12, 2015. An updated case-management statement must be filed by February 5, 2015.

Case 3:14-cv-03878-LB Document 8 Filed 01/09/15 Page 1 of 2
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 9, 2015

______________________________________

Laurel Beeler

United States Magistrate Judge

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