Colten et al v. Hobbs et al

Filing 26

ORDER re 22 Summons Returned Unexecuted filed by William Colten. The Clerk shall prepare summons for deft Mills and the U.S. Marshal shall serve a copy of the summons and complaint on deft at the address provided under seal without prepayment of fees therefor. Further, plaintiff shall provide addtl identifying information and/or last-known addresses for defts S. Cook and J. Smith with 30 days of the date of this Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney on 10/24/12. (kpr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
WILLIAM COLTEN,
ADC #147673
v.

PLAINTIFF
5:12-cv-00263-KGB-JTK

ARTIS RAY HOBBS, et al.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

By Order dated October 2, 2012, this Court directed the issuance of summons and service
of Plaintiff’s Complaint on Defendants (Doc. No. 8). Summons was returned, unexecuted, with
respect to Defendants G. Mills, S. Cook, and J. Smith, on October 22, 2012 (Doc. Nos. 22-24).
Included with the return for Defendant Mills and filed under seal is a memo containing his lastknown address. Included with the returns for Defendants Cook and Smith are memos stating that
no individuals with those names are employed by the ADC. Accordingly,
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall prepare summons for the
Defendant G. Mills, and the United States Marshal is hereby directed to serve a copy of the
summons and Complaint (Doc. No. 3) on Defendant at the address provided under seal (Doc. No.
22), without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefore.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall provide additional identifying information
and/or last-known addresses for Defendants S. Cook and J. Smith within thirty days of the date of
this Order.1

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According to FED.R.CIV.P. 4(m), a Defendant must be served within 120 days of the
filing of the Complaint, and after notice to the plaintiff, the Court “must dismiss the action
without prejudice against that Defendant or order that service be made within a specified time...”
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IT IS SO ORDERED this 24th day of October, 2012.

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JEROME T. KEARNEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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