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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Defendant
Gloria Zanarini
Plaintiff

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KEVIN V. RYAN, SBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, SBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

SARA WINSLOW, DCBN 457643

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone: (415) 436-7260

 Facsimile: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GLORIA ZANARINI, )

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 Plaintiff, ) CIVIL NO. 05-04479 MHP

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 v. ) DEFENDANT’S NOTICE, MOTION AND

) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, ) MOTION TO DISMISS FOR

Commissioner of Social Security, ) FAILURE TO PROSECUTE CASE;

) [PROPOSED] ORDER

 Defendant. )

______________________________)

I. INTRODUCTION

The above-captioned Social Security action is filed according to Civil L.R. 16-5, and as such, it is

submitted on the papers without oral argument. Defendant moves for dismissal of Plaintiff’s complaint

pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(a), (c)(1), (i) and (m).

II. ISSUES

Plaintiff Gloria Zanarini (hereinafter Plaintiff), filed a Complaint for judicial review of a decision

on a claim for benefits under the Social Security Act on November 3, 2005. Plaintiff has failed to have

Process issued against Defendant (see Civil Docket Sheet Number 1, attached hereto), has failed to E-File

and/or Register as an E-Filer (see Civil Docket Sheet Number 3), and has failed to properly serve Defendant

with a Summons and Complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(a), (c)(1), (i), and (m). 

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ZANARINI MOT. TO DISMISS

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It has now been more than 120 days since Plaintiff filed her Complaint. Accordingly, the Court

should dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint for lack of prosecution. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m).

V. CONCLUSION

Because Plaintiff has not had Process issued, and has failed to properly serve Defendant, the Court

should dismiss her complaint for failure to prosecute. 

Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: May 25, 2006 By: ____________________________

SARA WINSLOW

Assistant United States Attorney

[PROPOSED] ORDER

This case is dismissed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4 for failure to prosecute. The clerk shall close the

file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________ ____________________________

MARILYN HALL PATEL

United States District Judge

May 31, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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