United States v. Thomas B. McLaughlin and Christine McLaughlin

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• holding that “if good cause for the delay is shown, the court must extend the time for service, while if good cause is not shown, the court has a choice between dismissing the suit and giving the plaintiff more time”
• holding that “if good cause for the delay is shown, the court must extend the time for service, while if good cause is not shown, the court has a choice between dismissing the suit and giving the plaintiff more time”
• noting that inability of professional process servers to locate defendant is evidence of evasion
• allowing Rule 6(b) extensions for time for service when plaintiff fails to meet a previously granted Rule 4(m) extension
• allowing Rule 6(b) extensions for time for service when plaintiff fails to meet a previously granted Rule 4(m) extension
• noting “the wisdom of Rule 4(m) in allowing a judge to excuse a delay in service even if the plaintiff has no excuse at all”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).