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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Fair Credit Reporting Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JOY COULTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL 

CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03122-BLF 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

To Plaintiff Joy Coulter, you are hereby ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE in writing, on or 

before January 20, 2016, why Defendants First National Credit Card, Inc. and United Finance 

should not be dismissed from this action for failure to prosecute. 

This case was removed from the Santa Clara County Superior Court on July 6, 2015. Since 

then, Plaintiff has dismissed six of the defendants. There is no indication on the docket that 

Defendants First National Credit Card, Inc. and United Finance have been served with process. 

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not contemplate an indefinite and indeterminate 

delay in the service of process. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). In fact, the newly amended Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure seek to reduce the delay in the early stages of litigation by reducing the time to 

serve a defendant from 120 days to 90 days. Id. 

Here, Plaintiff has not complied with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), which requires defendants to be 

served within 120 days after the complaint is filed. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff Joy

Coulter TO SHOW CAUSE why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

Plaintiff shall submit a written response on or before January 20, 2016. The Court advises 

Plaintiff that a failure to respond to the order to show by January 20, 2016 will result in the 

dismissal of Defendants First National Credit Card, Inc. and United Finance without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2015 ______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

Case 5:15-cv-03122-BLF Document 34 Filed 12/21/15 Page 1 of 1