Reading v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, by effectuating service on a defendant personally, a pro se plaintiff violated Rule 4 requiring that service be made by any person who was not a party
• holding that, by effectuating service on a defendant personally via certified mail, a pro se plaintiff violated Rule 4 requiring that service be made by any person who was not a party
• finding that Rule 4 does not allow a pro se plaintiff to effectuate service by certified mail himself
• finding that Rule 4’s prohibition against service by a party extends to service by certified mail
• finding no error in granting a motion to set aside default judgment unaccompanied by a verified answer because a motion to dismiss had already been filed
• “[G]ood cause exists for vacatur when the defendant pleads a failure to effect service by the plaintiffs.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  District of Columbia· 2013-03-21· cited 43×
• Smith v. Krieger
  D. Colorado· 2009-08-03· cited 26×
• Acree v. Republic of Iraq
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-30· cited 20×
• Williams v. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for Dc
  District of Columbia· 2012-01-09· cited 17×
• Kornea v. J.S.D. Mgmt., Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-10-04· cited 15×
• Olson v. Federal Election Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-03-11· cited 15×
• Clark v. Lynch
  D. Kansas· 2016-09-29· cited 5×
• McKean v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2008-06-30· cited 4×
• Pollack v. Duff
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-24· cited 3×
• Ojelade v. Unity Health Care, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2013-08-27· cited 1×
• Olson v. Federal Election Commission
  District of Columbia· 2009-03-11
• Johnson-Richardson v. University of Phoenix
  District of Columbia· 2020-02-04
• Ahmed v. Gable
  District of Columbia· 2023-09-25

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gonzalez v. Crosby
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 3,107×
• David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-12-19· cited 609×
• Smalls, Eugene C. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-12-19· cited 321×
• Sammie G. Byrd v. Michael P.W. Stone
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-08-26· cited 304×
• John C. Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-05-02· cited 302×
• Thomas C. Fox v. Marion D. Strickland
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-01-22· cited 297×
• Luise Light v. Isabel Wolf
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-04-17· cited 166×
• Thomas D. Powell v. United States Bureau of Prisons
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-03-15· cited 116×
• Hall v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-02-14· cited 104×
• Aqua Bar & Lounge, Inc. v. United States of America Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service and Joseph B. Saltz
  Third Circuit· 1976-07-07· cited 94×
• Yesudian Ex Rel. United States v. Howard University
  D.C. Circuit· 2001-11-13· cited 83×
• Norman, John D. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-10-31· cited 80×
• Theodore L. Lombard v. United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-09-14· cited 75×
• Ross v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2006-11-10· cited 48×
• Owens v. Republic of Sudan
  District of Columbia· 2005-03-29· cited 32×
• Murphy v. Internal Revenue Service
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-07-03· cited 31×
• Gene Ham v. William French Smith
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-04-30· cited 31×
• Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, James Ricks v. Local 6, Washington Teachers' Union, Afl-Cio
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-10-30· cited 27×
• Benvenuti v. Department of Defense
  District of Columbia· 1984-05-29· cited 21×
• Holt v. Davidson
  District of Columbia· 2006-07-31· cited 19×