Wade v. Fresno Police Department et al

Filing 25

ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL Without Prepayment of Costs, signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 12/1/2009. The Clerk of Court is directed to forward the following documents to the United States Marshal: (1) One compl eted and issued summons for each defendant; (2) One completed USM-285 form for each defendant; (3) One copy of the complaint filed on April 3, 2009, for each defendant, plus an extra copy for the Marshal; (4) One copy of this order for each defendant , plus an extra copy for the Marshal; (5) One copy of the courts consent form for each defendant. Service is appropriate for Officer Fredrick Williams, Officer Haywood Irving, Officer David Wilkin, Officer Bernard Finley, Fresno Police Department. (Jessen, A)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 DEON WADE, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (4) (2) (3) Plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The court previously ordered Plaintiff to provide information for service of process on form USM-285 and sufficient copies of the complaint for service. Plaintiff has submitted the required papers. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward the following documents to the United States Marshal: (1) One completed and issued summons for each defendant to be served; One completed USM-285 form for each defendant to be served; One copy of the complaint filed on April 3, 2009, for each defendant to be served, plus an extra copy for the Marshal; One copy of this order for each defendant to be served, plus an 1 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) 1:09cv0599 AWI DLB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL WITHOUT PREPAYMENT OF COSTS

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extra copy for the Marshal; One copy of the court's consent form for each defendant to be served. Within ten days from the date of this order, the United States Marshal is directed to notify the following defendants 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): Officer Fredrick Williams Officer Haywood Irving Officer David Wilkin Officer Bernard Finley Fresno Police Department The United States Marshal is directed to retain the summons and a copy of the complaint in their file for future use. The United States Marshal 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. If a waiver of service is not returned by a defendant within sixty days of the date of mailing the request for waiver, the United States Marshal 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 United States Marshal shall file the return of service for the defendant, along with evidence of any attempts to secure a waiver of service 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 Marshal's office for photocopying additional copies of the 2

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summons and complaint and for preparing new USM-285 forms, if required. Costs of service will be taxed against the personally served defendant in accordance with the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2). In the event that defendants make an appearance in this action by filing an answer, dispositive motion, or other pleading, the U.S. Marshals Service need not personally serve those defendants. In the event that defendants either waive service or are personally served, defendants are required to reply to the complaint. 42 U.S.C. §1997e(g)(2).

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3b142a

December 1, 2009

/s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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