Acopia, LLC v. Lawson et al

Filing 30

ORDER denying 29 Motion for Entry of Default against Department of Treasury-IRS for the reasons in the attached order. Signed by Judge Richard A. Lazzara on 3/26/2018. (CCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
ACOPIA, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. 8:18-cv-439-T-26MAP

CHRISTOPHER WAYNE LAWSON, et al.,
Defendants.
/

ORDER
UPON DUE AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the procedural history of this
case, together with Plaintiff’s submissions, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff’s
Application for Clerk’s Default Against Defendant Department of Treasury-Internal Revenue
Service (Dkt. 29) is denied because Plaintiff failed to effect proper service on this agency of the
United States as required by Rule 4(i)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Additionally,
when properly served, this Defendant as an agency of the United States will have sixty (60) days
from the date of service within which to respond to the complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(2).

DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, on March 26, 2018.

s/Richard A. Lazzara
RICHARD A. LAZZARA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Counsel of Record