Case Name: Shaun Darnell GARLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. YARBOROUGH, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-16
Citations: 144 F. App'x 588
Docket Number: No. 04-56917
Parties: Shaun Darnell GARLAND, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. M. YARBOROUGH, Warden; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 144
Pages: 588–589

Head Matter:
Shaun Darnell GARLAND, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. M. YARBOROUGH, Warden; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 04-56917.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 9, 2005.
Decided May 16, 2005.
Shaun Darnell Garland, COSP-3C Corcoran State Prison Level 3C Facility, Corcoran, CA, pro se.
Before PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Shaun Darnell Garland appeals pro se the district court's dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to timely serve the summons and complaint. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion, Walker v. Sumner, 14 F.3d 1415, 1422 (9th Cir. 1994), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the action without prejudice to refiling, because Garland failed properly to serve a summons and complaint on the defendants within 120 days. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m); Oyama v. Sheehan (In re Sheehan), 253 F.3d 507, 511 (9th Cir.2001).
Garland's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.