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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LILLIE MAE JEFFERSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. C 07-2992 PJH

v.

CLINTON KILLIAN, et al., ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION; DISMISSING

DEFENDANT INNOVATIVE BANK AND

UNSERVED DEFENDANTS; AND

SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

Defendants.

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The court has reviewed Magistrate Judge James' Report and Recommendation Re:

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. No objections have been filed. The court finds the Report

correct, well-reasoned and thorough, and adopts it in every respect. Accordingly,

defendant Innovative Bank’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED, for plaintiffs’ failure to state a

claim against defendant. The dismissal is with prejudice, in view of the court’s finding that

plaintiffs’ continued use of the Mt. Zion name, as alleged in the underlying action,

contravenes the express terms of the state court judgment that plaintiffs’ complaint

impermissibly challenges. The hearing previously scheduled for December 19, 2007 is

VACATED.

The court further notes that the complaint was initially filed in the eastern District of

California on February 6, 2006 and transferred to this district on June 8, 2007. As noted by

Magistrate Judge James, not all of the roughly seventeen defendants have been served

even though this case has been pending for twenty two months. In her order of August 28,

2007, Judge James ordered plaintiffs to serve the remaining unserved defendants with the

summons and complaint within thirty days. The docket reflects that no certificates of 

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service have been filed with the court since August 28, 2007. Accordingly, all unserved 

defendants are hereby DISMISSED without prejudice for failure of service as required by

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).

The court furthermore ORDERS that, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and Civil L.

R. 16-10, a Case Management Conference will be held in this case on January 24, 2008,

at 2:30 p.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San

Francisco, California. All plaintiffs and the defendants who have been served are ordered

to attend. Any plaintiff that does not appear at the case management conference will be

dismissed for failure to prosecute this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 4, 2007

_________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

cc: Judge James

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