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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMBRI SEAN JOHNSON, Sr., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

IBRAHIM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-387-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. The U.S. Marshal has requested reimbursement of expenses incurred in 

personally serving defendant Mohamed Ibrahim. ECF No. 45. 

This court previously ordered the Marshal to serve process upon defendant Ibrahim. ECF 

No. 35. The Marshal was directed to attempt to secure a waiver of service before proceeding to 

personal service. Id. ¶ 2. If defendant’s waiver of service was not returned within 60 days, the 

Marshal was directed to (1) personally serve defendant without prepayment of costs under Rule 4 

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 566(c); and (2) file the return of service 

with evidence of attempts to secure a waiver and costs subsequently incurred in effecting personal 

service. Id. ¶ 6. 

The form USM-285/Process Receipt and Return filed by the Marshal shows that the 

Marshal mailed defendant a waiver of service on November 1, 2019. ECF No. 44. There is no 

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indication that the waiver of service was returned. Id. If it was not returned, the Marshal was 

required to complete personal service on defendant. The form shows the total charges for 

personally serving defendant, on February 12, 2020, was $282.40. Id.

Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in pertinent part: 

An individual . . . that is subject to service under Rule 4(e), (f), or (h) has a duty 

to avoid unnecessary expenses of serving the summons. 

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If a defendant located within the United States fails, without good cause, to sign 

and return a waiver requested by a plaintiff located within the United States, the 

court must impose on the defendant the expenses later incurred in making service 

. . . . 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)-(2). Thus, the Marshal may be entitled to the costs sought, as it appears 

that defendant was given the opportunity required by Rule 4(d)(2) to waive service but failed to 

do so. 

Accordingly, the court hereby ORDERS that: 

1. Within 14 days from the date of service of this order, defendant Ibrahim shall pay to 

the United States Marshal the sum listed above, unless within that time he files a 

written statement showing good cause for failing to waive service. 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall also serve a copy of this order on the U.S. Marshal. 

DATED: March 9, 2020.

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