Mathis v. Pinnacle Entertainment Inc et al

Filing 10

MEMORANDUM ORDER: The court exercises its discretion under Rule 4(m) to extend the time for making service on the two defendants until September 23, 2013. Failure to file proof of valid service of process within that time may result in dismissal of the claims against any unserved defendant(s) without further notice. (Compliance Deadline set for 9/23/2013.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 08/30/2013. (crt,Yocum, M)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT DIVISION

JOHN-TALMAGE MATHIS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-cv-0630

VERSUS

JUDGE HICKS

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
ET AL

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

MEMORANDUM ORDER
John-Talmage Mathis (“Plaintiff”) amended his complaint on June 21, 2013 and
reduced the named defendants to PNK, Inc. and Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Those
defendants were also named in the original complaint filed in March 2013. Rule 4(m)
required Plaintiff to make service within 120 days of the filing of his complaint. There is
evidence that he sent a request for waiver of service, but there is no indication that it was
executed by any defendant. There is also no proof of actual service in the record.
The court exercises its discretion under Rule 4(m) to extend the time for making
service on the two defendants until September 23, 2013. Failure to file proof of valid
service of process within that time may result in dismissal of the claims against any unserved
defendant(s) without further notice.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Shreveport, Louisiana, this 30th day of August, 2013.