Portcaan Unipessoal LDA v. Korczak et al

Filing 11

ORDER granting in part plaintiff's request for extension of time to effect service; re plaintiff's 9 Response to Order to Show Cause. Plaintiff shall have an additional sixty days from the date of this Order to effect service of process upon Doe defendants. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PORTCAAN, UNIPESSOAL LDA,
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Plaintiffs,
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JOHN DOE 1, et al.,
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Defendants.

No. C18-0881RSL
ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION
OF TIME TO EFFECT SERVICE

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On September 14, 2018, the Court directed plaintiff to show cause why this case should

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not be dismissed for failure to timely serve. Dkt. # 8. Plaintiff responded with a request for an

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extension of time in which to identify, locate, and serve the Doe defendants.

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The Court will exercise its discretion to extend the deadline provided in Fed. R. Civ. P.

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4(m) for an additional sixty days from the date of this Order. This litigation was initiated in June

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2018, and yet remains mired in service issues. Although plaintiffs have taken some steps to

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locate defendants, the case is effectively on hold until the parties to this litigation are established.

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Plaintiff must move forward diligently and expeditiously to bring the parties and the issues

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before the Court.

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ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION
OF TIME TO EFFECT SERVICE

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For all of the foregoing reasons, plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED in part. Plaintiff shall
have an additional sixty days from the date of this Order to effect service of process upon the
Doe defendants. Failure to file an affidavit of service or a request for additional time by
November 28, 2018, will result in dismissal of this matter.
Dated this 9th day of October, 2018.

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Robert S. Lasnik
United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION
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