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• holding that personal jurisdiction is not conferred if service under Rule 4 is not properly effected
• concluding that “[t]he parties cannot waive a void summons” and the failure of a plaintiff to obtain valid process from the court to provide it with personal jurisdiction over the defendant in a civil case is fatal to the plaintiff’s case.”
• affirming dismissal for failure to effectuate proper service because attempted service was not “in accordance with Rule 4”
• reviewing a dismissal for plaintiff's failure to secure a clerk’s signature on the summons and to have the court's seal affixed as required under Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for an abuse of discretion
• dismissing pro se plaintiff’s case under Rule 4 where plaintiff failed to request that the Clerk issue a summons and instead prepared a summons herself, filled in the names and addresses of defendants, and filed proofs of service
• a court must have both subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over a defendant before rendering judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).