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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARRISON S. JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

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1:10-CV-02348-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER INSTRUCTING PLAINTIFF ON

SERVICE OF PROCESS AND REQUIRING

PLAINTIFF TO SERVE DEFENDANT

WITHIN ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS

I. Order Directing Plaintiff to Initiate Service of Process

Plaintiff Garrison S. Johnson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se filed this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) The Court screened Plaintiff’s

First Amended Complaint (First Am. Compl., ECF No. 8) and ordered him to either file an

amended complaint or notify the Court of his willingness to proceed only on his cognizable

Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim against Defendant Doran.(Order Requiring

Plaintiff Amend or Notify, ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff notified the Court of his willingness to

proceed only on the cognizable claim (Notice, ECF No. 10), and on July 3, 2012 the Court

dismissed all other claims and Defendants. (Order Adopt F&R, ECF No. 12.) 

Plaintiff paid the filing fee in full for initiating this action. Because Plaintiff is not

proceeding in forma pauperis, it is Plaintiff’s responsibility to effect service of the summons

and First Amended Complaint on Defendant Doran. The Clerk of the Court will be directed

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to issue one summons to Plaintiff for purposes of service of process. See Fed. R. Civ. P.

4.

Plaintiff shall complete service of process in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 4 within one-hundred twenty (120) days from the date of service of this order. 

Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order on the Defendant together with a summons and a

copy of the First Amended Complaint. The following two sections contain instructions on

how to serve the Defendant. 

A. Waiver of Service

Pursuant to Rule 4(d)(1), Plaintiff may (but is not required to) notify Defendant Doran

of the commencement of this action and request that he waive service of the summons. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1). If Plaintiff wishes to do this, he must mail the Defendant (1) the

form entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service for Summons,” (2) the

form entitled “Waiver of Service of Summons,” and (3) a copy of the First Amended

Complaint. The documents must be addressed directly to the Defendant (not the Attorney

General’s Office) and must be dispatched (mailed) through first-class mail. The Waiver of

Service of Summons form must set forth the date on which the request is sent and must

allow the Defendant at least thirty (30) days in which to return the waiver to Plaintiff. If

Defendant signs and returns the waiver form to Plaintiff, Plaintiff must then file the form

with the Court. After filing the form with the Court, Plaintiff need not take any further steps

to serve Defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(4).

B. Personal Service

If either (1) Plaintiff does not wish to request the Defendant to waive service or (2)

the Defendant fail to return the Waiver of Service of Summons form to Plaintiff, Plaintiff

must have personal service effected on Defendant. The Defendant must be personally

served with a summons and a copy of the First Amended Complaint, along with a copy of

this order. Plaintiff may not effect personal service himself. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c). Service

may be effected by any person who is not a party to this action and who is at least eighteen

years old. Id. The Court will provide Plaintiff with a copy of Rule 4 along with this order.

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Plaintiff should review Rule 4(e), which addresses how personal service may be effected. 

C. Conclusion

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue and send Plaintiff one (1)

summons; 

2. The Clerk is further directed to send Plaintiff:

a) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Notice of Lawsuit and Request for

Waiver of Service of Summons;” 

b) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Waiver of Service;” 

c) One (1) copy of the form entitled “Consent to Proceed Before United

States Magistrate Judge” with instructions; and 

d) One (1) copy of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

3. Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order and a copy of the form “Consent to

Proceed Before United States Magistrate Judge” on Defendant at the time

of service of the summons and the First Amended Complaint;

4. Plaintiff shall complete service of process on Defendant Doran within onehundred twenty (120) days from the date of service of this order; and

5. Plaintiff’s failure to timely complete service of the complaint on Defendant

Doran may result in dismissal of this action against him. Fed. R. Civ. P.

4(m).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 5, 2012 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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