John Thompson v. Victor Maldonado

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a district court must give notice before dismissing a complaint under Rule 4(m)
• explaining that a plaintiff must be given notice prior to sua sponte dismissal pursuant to Rule 4(m)
• stating that the “Clerk of the District Court ... ordinarily provides this form to indigent plaintiffs upon the filing of a complaint. If properly filled out and returned, the form instructs the [Marshals Service] to serve process on the defendant.”
• approving sua sponte dismissal of a complaint under Rule 4(m) if the plaintiff had been given prior notice and an opportunity to show cause
• vacating dismissal pursuant to Rule 4(m) where the plaintiff allegedly received neither the requisite forms to request service by the Marshals nor notice of impending dismissal by the district court
• requiring notice to plaintiff before dismissing a claim for failure to serve

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• John Crowley v. Bruce Bannister
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-10-30· cited 549×
• Dickerson Ex Rel. Davison v. Napolitano
  Second Circuit· 2010-05-14· cited 333×
• Zapata v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2007-09-20· cited 279×
• Famous Horse Inc. v. 5th Ave. Photo Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2010-10-21· cited 184×
• McCoy v. Goord
  S.D. New York· 2003-03-25· cited 136×
• Gerena v. Korb
  Second Circuit· 2010-07-29· cited 88×
• McCloud v. Prack
  W.D. New York· 2014-10-28· cited 33×
• Cioce v. County of Westchester
  Second Circuit· 2005-04-15· cited 25×
• Nash v. McGinnis
  W.D. New York· 2008-11-13· cited 19×
• Charles v. County of Nassau
  E.D. New York· 2015-07-28· cited 16×
• Akande v. Philips
  W.D. New York· 2019-06-24· cited 16×
• Jaiyeola v. Carrier Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2003-08-21· cited 16×
• Repex Ventures S.A. ex rel. Cabilly v. Kohn
  Second Circuit· 2013-09-16· cited 10×
• Chavis v. Zodlow
  Second Circuit· 2005-04-12· cited 8×
• United States v. Rodrigue
  Court of International Trade· 2009-10-01· cited 4×
• Allan v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2005-09-12· cited 4×
• Obot v. Citibank South Dakota, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 2009-09-30· cited 2×
• Rose v. Zillioux
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-02· cited 1×
• Redd v. Phillips
  Second Circuit· 2009-09-21· cited 1×
• Nagy v. Dwyer
  Second Circuit· 2007-11-08

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anthony Romandette v. Weetabix Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1986-12-15· cited 172×
• Wayne E. Boley v. Dale Kaymark
  Third Circuit· 1997-08-25· cited 134×
• Zervos v. Verizon New York, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2001-06-05· cited 99×
• Herman K. Edwards v. Julia Edwards John Edwards Robert Lee Edwards Milderine (Shannon) Edwards Gloria (Edwards) Clark
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-02-12· cited 39×
• United States v. Kenner General Contractors, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-08-13· cited 19×