Cerqueira Klobuchar, Maria et al v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - DHS et al
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Initial Order for Paid Pro Se: Plaintiff directed to serve complaint. Proof of service due 8/9/2012. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 6/25/2012. (jef),(ps) (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/26/2012: # 1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4(i); Service on a United States Agency, officers, employees) (jef).
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4(i)
Serving the United States, Its Agencies, Corporations, Officers, or Employees.
(1) Service upon the United States shall be effected
(A) by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the United States
attorney for the district in which the action is brought or to an assistant United States
attorney or clerical employee designated by the United States attorney in a writing
filed with the clerk of the court or by sending a copy of the summons and of the
complaint by registered or certified mail addressed to the civil process clerk at the
office of the United States attorney and
(B) by also sending a copy of the summons and of the complaint by registered or
certified mail to the Attorney General of the United States at Washington, District of
Columbia, and
(C) in any action attacking the validity of an order of an officer or agency of the
United States not made a party, by also sending a copy of the summons and of the
complaint by registered or certified mail to the officer or agency.
(2)
(A) Service on an agency or corporation of the United States, or an officer or
employee of the United States sued only in an official capacity, is effected by serving
the United States in the manner prescribed by Rule 4(i)(1) and by also sending a copy
of the summons and complaint by registered or certified mail to the officer, employee,
agency, or corporation.
(B)Service on an officer or employee of the United States sued in an individual
capacity for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the performance of duties
on behalf of the United States - whether or not the officer or employee is sued also in
an official capacity - is effected by serving the United States in the manner prescribed
by Rule 4(i)(1) and by serving the officer or employee in the manner prescribed by
Rule 4 (e), (f), or (g).
(3) The court shall allow a reasonable time to serve process under Rule 4(i) for the purpose of
curing the failure to serve:
(A) all persons required to be served in an action governed by Rule 4(i)(2)(A), if the
plaintiff has served either the United States attorney or the Attorney General of the
United States, or
(B) the United States in an action governed by Rule 4(i)(2)(B), if the plaintiff has
served an officer or employee of the United States sued in an individual capacity.
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