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Parties Involved:
Vasuki Daram
Defendant
Steven Del Toro
Plaintiff
C. Schultz
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN DEL TORO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

VASUKI DARAM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:22-cv-0725 DJC AC P 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action seeking 

relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

 On January 3, 2024, the court ordered the United States Marshal to serve process upon 

defendant Schultz. ECF No. 44. The Marshal was directed to attempt to secure a waiver of 

service before attempting personal service on defendant. Id. If a waiver of service was not 

returned within sixty days, the Marshal was directed to effect personal service on the defendant in 

accordance with the provisions of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. 

§ 566(c), without prepayment of costs, and to file the return of service with evidence of any 

attempt to secure a waiver of service and with evidence of all costs subsequently incurred in 

effecting personal service. Id. 

On August 26, 2024, the United States Marshal filed a return of service with a USM-285 

form showing total charges of $921.04 for effecting personal service on defendant Schultz. ECF 

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No. 51. The form shows that a waiver of service form was mailed to the defendant on January 

29, 2024, and that no response was received. Id. The waiver was re-sent by electronic means on 

May 28, 2024, with no response. Id. 

 Rule 4(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in pertinent part, as follows: 

An individual, corporation, or association that is subject to service 

under Rule 4(e), (f), or (h) has a duty to avoid unnecessary 

expenses of serving the summons. . . . 

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: 

(A) the expenses later incurred in making service; and 

(B) the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, of any 

motion required to collect those service expenses. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1), (2)(A), (B). 

 The court finds that defendant Schultz was given the opportunity required by Rule 4(d) to 

waive service and has failed to comply with the request. Additionally, while defendant appears to 

have been properly served, he has not yet filed a responsive pleading. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Within twenty-one days from the date of this order defendant Schultz shall pay to the 

United States Marshal the sum of $921.04, unless within that time defendant files a written 

statement showing good cause for his failure to waive service; 

2. Within twenty-one days from the date of this order, defendant Schultz shall show 

cause why default should not be entered; and 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the U.S. Marshal; 

Monica Anderson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; and defendant C. Schultz, c/o C.T. 

Corporation, 330 N. Brand Blvd., Suite #700, Glendale, CA 91203. 

DATED: October 3, 2024 

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