Guardado v. State of Nevada Ex Rel et al

Filing 30

ORDER granting 24 Motion for Service of Summons; Plaintiff has thirty (30) days within which to furnish to the U.S. Marshal the required USM-285 form. FURTHER ORDERED that the time to effectuate service on Defendant Guice is extended to March 11, 2019. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 1/10/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF, cc: 285 - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ERNEST GUARDADO,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
STATE OF NEVADA, et al.,

2:17-cv-01072-JAD-VCF
ORDER

Defendants.

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Before the court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Service of Summons (ECF No. 24).

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On October 11, 2018, the Attorney General accepted service on behalf of Defendant Antonio

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Bryant. Service was not accepted on behalf of Defendant Morris Guice. (ECF No. 14). Defendant

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Guice’s last known address was filed under seal. Plaintiff now seeks the Court for an order authorizing

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the U.S. Marshal to serve Defendant Guice with a copy of the Complaint and Summons.

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Plaintiff has given sufficient reason for the court to grant his request.

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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that is Plaintiff’s Motion for Service of Summons (ECF No. 24) is

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GRANTED.

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The Clerk of Court is directed to issue Summons to Morris Guice at the address provided under

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sealed in ECF No. 15 and deliver same to the U.S. Marshal for service. The clerk is directed to mail to

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plaintiff the USM-285 form. The clerk is directed to send copy of the Complaint, Summons, and copy of

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this order to the U.S. Marshal for service on Defendant Guice. Plaintiff has thirty (30) days within which

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to furnish to the U.S. Marshal the required USM-285 form with relevant information as to Guice.

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Within twenty (20) days after plaintiff receives copy of the completed USM-285 form from the

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U.S. Marshal, plaintiff must file a notice with the court stating if defendant was served. If the plaintiff

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wishes to have the U.S. Marshal attempt service again on defendant, then a motion must be filed with the

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court.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time to effectuate service on Defendant Guice is extended
to March 11, 2019.
DATED this 10th day of January, 2019.
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CAM FERENBACH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE