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· 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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