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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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JKM

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Jaime L. Zepeda, 

Plaintiff, 

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Harold Tate, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 1-07-0982-SMM

ORDER

In a June 7, 2010 Order (Doc. #11), the Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to complete and

return to the Clerk of Court a Notice of Submission of Documents and submit with the

Notice a copy of the First Amended Complaint, a copy of the Court’s June 7, 2010 Order,

a completed summons for Defendant O’Brien, and a completed U.S.M.-285 for Defendant

O’Brien. Plaintiff has returned the required papers.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED: 

(1) The Clerk of Court must send to the United States Marshal:

(a) a copy of the First Amended Complaint,

(b) a copy of the Court’s June 7, 2010 Order,

(c) a completed and issued summons for Defendant O’Brien,

(d) a completed USM-285 for Defendant O’Brien, and

(e) a copy of this Order.

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(2) If Plaintiff does not either obtain a waiver of service of the summons or

complete service of the Summons and First Amended Complaint on Defendant O’Brien

within 120 days of the filing of this Order, the action may be dismissed. Fed. R. Civ. P.

4(m).

(3) The United States Marshal must retain the Summonses, USM-285 forms, a

copy of the First Amended Complaint, a copy of the Court’s June 7, 2010 Order, and a copy

of this Order for future use.

(4) Within 10 days of the date this Order is filed, the United States Marshal must

notify Defendant O’Brien of the commencement of this action and request waiver of service

of the summons pursuant to Rule 4(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice

to Defendant O’Brien must include a copy of this Order and the Court’s June 7, 2010 Order.

(5) The United States Marshal must immediately file the waiver of service of the

summons or the request for waiver if it is returned as undeliverable.

(6) If a waiver of service of summons is not returned by Defendant O’Brien within

60 days from the date the request for waiver was sent by the United States Marshal, the

Marshal must:

(a) personally serve copies of the Summons, the First Amended Complaint,

the Court’s June 7, 2010 Order, and this Order upon Defendant O’Brien pursuant to

Rule 4(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and shall command all necessary

assistance from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

to execute this Order. The United States Marshal must maintain the confidentiality

of all information provided by the CDCR pursuant to this Order.

(b) within 10 days after personal service is effected, file the return of service

for Defendant O’Brien, along with evidence of the attempt to secure a waiver of

service of the summons and of the costs subsequently incurred in effecting service

upon Defendant O’Brien. The costs of service must be enumerated on the return of

service form (USM-285) and must include the costs incurred by the Marshal for

photocopying additional copies of the Summons, First Amended Complaint, the June

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7, 2010 Order, or this Order and for preparing new process receipt and return forms

(U.S.M.-285), if required. Costs of service will be taxed against the personally served

Defendant pursuant to Rule 4(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, unless

otherwise ordered by the Court.

(7) If Defendant O’Brien agrees to waive service of the Summons and First

Amended Complaint, he must return the signed waiver forms to the United States

Marshal, not the Plaintiff.

(8) Defendant O’Brien must answer the First Amended Complaint or otherwise

respond by appropriate motion within the time provided by the applicable provisions of Rule

12(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

DATED this 28th day of June, 2010.

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