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Parties Involved:
Gregory L. Hamerter
Plaintiff
Safeway Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

GREGORY L. HAMERTER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SAFEWAY, INC.,

Defendant. 

No. C 07-2168 SBA

ORDER

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4, a plaintiff must serve a defendant with a copy of the

summons and complaint within 120 days of filing a complaint. Plaintiff Gregory L. Hamerter’s

complaint was filed on April 19, 2007, over four months ago. When a plaintiff fails to properly serve

a defendant within 120 days of filing the complaint, the Court “shall dismiss the action without

prejudice as to that defendant or direct that service be effected within a specified time.” FED. R. CIV.

P. 4(m).

Accordingly, Hamerter’s complaint [Docket No. 1] is DISMISSED without prejudice.

It is further ORDERED that Hamerter’s application to proceed in forma pauperis [Docket No.

2] is DENIED as MOOT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

September 5, 2007 _________________________________

Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HAMERTER et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SAFEWAY INC et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02168 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on September 5, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Gregory L. Hamerter

540 Jones Street, Apt 403

San Francisco, CA 94102

Dated: September 5, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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