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· 5/29/2012

Chaunte Ott v. City of Milwaukee

Citations

  • 682 F.3d 552
  • 2012 WL 1914090

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Rule 45 authorizes service of a subpoena by certified mail based on comparison to Rule 4
  • holding that service upon state agencies via certified mail satisfied Fed. R. Civ. P. 45
  • determining that service of a subpoena through certified mail by the United States Postal Service satisfied Rule 45’s delivery requirement
  • finding certified mail satisfies Rule 45’s delivery requirement because the postal agent qualifies as “the person at least 18 years of age” such that the postal proof-of-delivery record shows a “delivery”
  • finding certified mail satisfies Rule 45’s delivery requirement because the postal agent qualifies as “the person at least 18 years of age” such that the postal proof-of-delivery record shows a “delivery”
  • examining the plain language of Rule 45 for support of service 25 of subpoena by mail and finding “no reason to inflate the costs of litigation by ruling out this 26 sensible option for serving a subpoena (along with the necessary fees

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Judges: Bauer, Wood, Tinder

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