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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

GINA SIMON, 

Plaintiff,

v.

BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT,

Defendant.

Case No. C06-0708RSL

ORDER DIRECTING 

SERVICE BY MAIL

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action. Plaintiff has submitted a mailing

address for service of process on defendant, and service of plaintiff’s complaint is hereby

ORDERED, as follows:

(1) Service by Clerk

The Clerk is directed to send by first class mail a copy of the complaint, a copy of

this Order, two copies of the Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of

Summons, a Waiver of Service of Summons, and a return envelope, postage prepaid,

addressed to the Clerk’s office to defendant at the following address:

Bellevue School District 

P.O. Box 90010

Bellevue, WA 98009-9010

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(2) Response Required

Defendant shall have thirty (30) days within which to return the enclosed Waiver

of Service of Summons. If defendant timely returns the signed Waiver, it shall have sixty

(60) days after the date designated on the Notice of Lawsuit to file and serve an answer to

the complaint or a motion permitted under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure.

If defendant fails to return the signed Waiver in a timely manner, it will be

personally served with a summons and complaint and may be required to pay the full

costs of such service, pursuant to Rule 4(d)(2). A defendant who has been personally

served shall file an answer or motion permitted under Rule 12 within thirty (30) days

after service.

(3) Filing and Service by Parties, Generally

Counsel are required to electronically file all documents with the Court. Pro se

litigants may file either electronically or in paper form. Information and procedures for

electronic filing can be found on the Western District of Washington’s website at

www.wawd.uscourts.gov. Unless electronically filed, all original documents and papers

submitted for consideration by the Court in this case, and a duplicate of all such papers,

are to be filed with the Clerk of Court. The originals and copies of all such papers shall

indicate in the upper right-hand corner the name of the Judge to whom the copies are to

be delivered. The papers shall be accompanied by proof that such documents have been

served upon counsel for the opposing party (or upon any party acting pro se). The proof

shall show the day and manner of service and may be written acknowledgment of service,

by certificate of a member of the bar of this court, or by affidavit of the person who

served the papers.

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(4) Motions

Any request for court action shall be set forth in a motion, properly filed and

served. The motion shall include in its caption (immediately below the title of the

motion) a designation of the date upon which the motion is to be noted on the Court's

calendar for consideration. See Local Civil Rule 7(d). If a party fails to file and serve

timely opposition to a motion, the court may deem any opposition to be without merit. 

(5) Direct Communications with District Judge or Magistrate Judge

No direct communication is to take place with the Judge with regard to this case. 

All relevant information and papers are to be electronically filed or directed to the Clerk.

DATED this 23rd day of May, 2006.

A

Robert S. Lasnik

United States District Judge

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