Daniel R. Lujano v. Omaha Public Power District

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that good cause for failing to timely serve requires a showing of excusable neglect, which in turn requires good faith and a reasonable basis for noncompliance
• finding good cause where magistrate judge failed to issue summons within 120 days and plaintiff was diligent in inquiring about status of his case
• finding “good cause” where only a magistrate judge could issue a summons under a court’s local rules; plaintiff timely sought issuance of the summons; proceed until the [magistrate judge’s] initial review was completed.”
• “Several courts of appeals have held that good cause requires at least excusable neglect.”
• “The good cause standard requires more than excusable neglect”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).