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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN VINCENT MACKOVICH,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00422-OWW-SMS P

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ORDER

DIRECTING SERVICE OF PROCESS AS

PREMATURE

(Doc. 8)

Plaintiff John Vincent Mackovich (“plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis in this civil action. On November 21, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion seeking an order

directing service of process.

As plaintiff was notified via the First Informational Order, the court will issue an order

directing the United States Marshal to initiate service of process only after it has screened the

complaint and determined that the complaint states cognizable claims against the named defendants.

(Doc. 4, ¶12.) The court has an overwhelming number of cases pending before it and will screen

plaintiff’s complaint in due course. (Id.) With respect to plaintiff’s concern over the one-hundred

twenty day limit set forth in Rule 4(m), because the court is controlling the timing of service of

process rather than plaintiff, good cause exists for an extension of time as is necessary for the court

to discharge its duty to screen the complaint prior to service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m); 28 U.S.C. §

1915A. As such, this suit is not subject to dismissal for failure to effect service within one-hundred

twenty days.

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Plaintiff’s motion for an order directing service, filed November 21, 2006, is premature and

is HEREBY DENIED on that ground. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 29, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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