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Parties Involved:
Fernando Gastelum
Plaintiff
Hie River Park LLC
Defendant
Holiday Inn Express Fresno Riverpark
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FERNANDO GASTELUM,

Plaintiff,

v.

HIE RIVER PARK LLC,

Defendant. /

Case No. 1:23-cv-00472-JLT-SKO

ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY THE 

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 

WITHOUT PREPAYMENT OF COSTS

In view of the receipt of completed service documents (see Doc. 15), pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 4(c), it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. For each defendant to be served, the Clerk of the Court is directed to forward the 

following documents to the United States Marshals Service:

a) One completed and issued summons;

b) One completed USM−285 form;

c) One copy of the First Amended Complaint filed June 8, 2023, plus an extra 

copy for the Marshals Service; and

d) One copy of this order, plus an extra copy for the Marshals Service.

2. Within ten days from the date of this order, the Marshals Service is directed to notify 

defendant Hie River Park LLC (d/b/a Holiday Inn Express Fresno Riverpark) of 

the commencement of this action and to request a waiver of service in accordance 

with the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d) and 28 U.S.C. § 566(c):

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3. The Marshals Service shall file returned waivers of service as well as any requests 

for waivers of service that are returned as undelivered as soon as they are received.

4. If a waiver of service is not returned by the defendants within thirty days of the date 

of mailing the request for waiver, the Marshals Service shall:

a) Personally serve process and a copy of this order upon the defendant pursuant 

to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 566(c).

b) Within ten days after personal service is effected, the Marshals Service shall 

file the return of service for the defendant, along with evidence of any 

attempts to secure a waiver ofservice of process and of the costs subsequently 

incurred in effecting service on said defendant. Said costs shall be 

enumerated on the USM−285 form and shall include the costs incurred by the 

Marshals Service for photocopying additional copies of the summons and the 

First Amended Complaint and for preparing new USM−285 forms, if 

required. Costs of service will be taxed against a personally served defendant 

in accordance with the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2).

5. If the defendant waives service, they are required to return the signed waiver to 

the Marshals Service. The filing of an answer or a responsive motion does not 

relieve a defendant of this requirement, and the failure to return the signed 

waiver may subject a defendant to an order to pay the costs of service pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2).

6. Once the defendant either waives service or is personally served, that defendant is

required to respond to the First Amended Complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 13, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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