West et al v. City of Holly Springs, Mississippi et al

Filing 6

ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander on 05/25/16. (sd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
OXFORD DIVISION

BOBBY WEST, COYA JACKSON,
DIANECHIA PATTERSON, MICHAEL
PERKINS, FALANDO MARION,
JANET F. POWER and DANIEL GREEN
VS.

PLAINTIFFS
CIVIL ACTION NO: 3:16-CV-79-MPM-SAA

CITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
and KELVIN O. BUCK, Mayor of the City
of Holly Springs

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Plaintiffs initiated this lawsuit by filing a complaint on April 21, 2016 and having
summonses issued as to defendants. Docket 1, 2. Plaintiffs then filed an amended complaint on
May 5, 2016. Docket 3. On May 23, 2016 counsel for plaintiffs filed a document entitled
“Acceptance of Service,” which was signed by attorney Shirley Byers and stated her agreement
to accept service of process of the summons and amended complaint filed against the city of
Holly Springs and Mayor Kelvin O. Buck. Docket 4. The court construes Ms. Byers’s letter as a
waiver of service of process on behalf of defendants. Consequently, defendants will have sixty
days from the date the waiver was filed to file a responsive pleading to plaintiffs’ amended
complaint. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(3).
SO ORDERED, this the 25th day of May, 2016.
/s/ S. Allan Alexander
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE