Andrea Geiger v. Donald Allen

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• stating courts agree that counsel’s inadvertent failure to serve defendant within statutory period does not constitute good cause
• plaintiff may not rely on another's delay in supplying needed information, but is obligated to pursue alternative methods in finding and serving defendant
• plaintiff may not rely on another’s delay in supplying needed information, but is obligated to pursue alternative methods in finding and serving defendant
• “The rule in this and other circuits is that service by mail is not complete until an acknowledgment is filed with the court.”
• fact that limitations had run did not prevent Rule 4(j) dismissal
• case dismissed for lack of service 143 days after complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).