State v. Tobin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “delay caused by screening under § 1915A is ‘good cause’ for belated service, which increases the time for relation back under Rule 15(c)”
• determining that a law enforcement agent’s identifying code name (there, “ATF UC 3749”) was materially distinguishable from a placeholder for the purposes of relation back
• explaining that “a plaintiff who uses placeholders must take account of the clock: substitution must be completed before the statute of limitations expires”
• noting that “a plaintiff who uses placeholders must take account of the clock.”
• noting that “a plaintiff who uses placeholders must take account of the clock.”
• faulting the district court’s relation back analysis for failing to consider whether the delay in service fits within the “good cause” exception under Rule 4(m)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).