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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR PALACIOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

COSCO HOME AND OFFICE 

PRODUCTS, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04066-KAW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff Victor Palacios commenced the above-captioned case in Alameda County 

Superior Court on May 2, 2014. (Notice of Removal, Ex. A, Dkt. No. 1.) Ameriwood Industries, 

Inc., improperly named as Cosco Home and Office Products, removed the action to this Court on 

September 8, 2014. (Id.)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides that "[i]f a defendant is not served 120 days 

after the complaint is filed, the court . . . must dismiss the action without prejudice against the 

defendant . . . ." In this case, the deadline for service of the summons and complaint was January 

6, 2015. See California Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, Ch. 2D-9, § 2:3567 

(2015) ("The 120-day time limit on service of summons runs from the date the notice of removal 

was filed in federal court (rather than from when the action was commenced in state court) . . . ."). 

As of the filing of this order to show cause, Plaintiff has not served any of the named defendants.

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Accordingly, the Court hereby orders Plaintiff to show cause why the Court should not 

dismiss this case against the named defendants, other than Ameriwood Industries, who has 

voluntarily appeared, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). Plaintiff shall file a 

written response to this order to show cause within 14 days. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 09/02/2015

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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