· 4/29/1987
Fannie R. Braxton v. United States of America and Department of Health & Human Services
Citations
- 817 F.2d 238
- 7 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 926
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 5483
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that district court’s letter warning plaintiff that service was insufficient could not be characterized as an extension of time for good cause
- holding that attorney’s inadvertence does not constitute good cause
- good cause does not exist when there is an \unexplained delinquency on the part of the process server and lack of oversight by counsel\
- no good cause shown where “plaintiff’s counsel knew that the process server was dilatory yet took no steps to insure that defendant would be timely served.”
- good cause does not exist when there is an “unexplained delinquency on the part of the process server and lack of oversight by counsel”
- good cause does not exist when there is an \unexplained delinquency on the part of the process server and lack of oversight by counsel\
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Judges: Weis, Becker, Hunter
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