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· 10/29/1979

Anderson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 933
  • 100 S. Ct. 280
  • 62 L. Ed. 2d 192
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3560

How courts have described this case

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  • finding service of process insufficient where the plaintiff's certified mailing did not request “restricted delivery” as required under Maryland Rule 2-121(a)
  • lack of due diligence in effecting service of process warranted dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(j) even though subsequent action would be barred by statute of limitations
  • under similar Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(j), “the absence of prejudice is not of aid to a faulty plaintiff who presents no justifiable reason for his lack of diligent and timely conformance” with the rule

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