· 10/21/1987
Ronald Del Raine v. Norman Carlson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Citations
- 826 F.2d 698
How courts have described this case
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- whether plaintiff established good cause is “a discretionary determination entrusted to the district court, and we are reluctant to substitute our own judgment for that court’s”
- “We do not believe, however, that the order [allowing the complaint to be amended] started the [Rule 4(m
- court order permitting amended complaint did not trigger new 120-day period for service
- “[G]ood cause . . . . in practice . . . . is the same standard as due diligence . . . .” (internal quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Easterbrook
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