Aboulafia v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. et al

Filing 12

ORDER that the above-captioned case be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED without prejudice as to defendant Nevada Legal News, Inc. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 7/16/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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2:12-CV-389 JCM (PAL)

STEVEN ABOULAFIA,
Plaintiff,
v.
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., et
al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

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Presently before the court is the matter of Aboulafia v. Mortgage Electronic Registration

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Systems, Inc., et. al., 2:12-cv-389-JCM-PAL.

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides: “If a defendant is not served within 120 days

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after the complaint is filed, the court – on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff – must

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dismiss the action without prejudice.”

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Plaintiff filed the instant case in state court on December 1, 2011. (Doc. #1, Ex. A). The

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case was removed to this court on March 9, 2012. (Doc. #1). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 4(m), on June 6, 2012, the clerk of the court provided notice to plaintiff that the action

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would be dismissed as to defendant Nevada Legal News, Inc. if plaintiff did not file proof of service

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of process by July 6, 2012. (Doc. #8).

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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To date, the court has not received proof of service of process as to defendant Nevada Legal
News, Inc., as required under Rule 4(m).

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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the above-captioned case

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be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED without prejudice as to defendant Nevada Legal News, Inc.

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DATED July 16, 2012.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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