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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
`AT SEATTLE
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`DAVID JEFFREY CENEDELLA,
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`CASE NO. 2:23-cv-274
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`Plaintiff,
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`ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
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`BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO., a
`Delaware corporation doing business in
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`Defendant.
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`The Court raises this matter sua sponte. With limited exceptions that do not
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`apply here, plaintiffs must serve defendants with a summons and a copy of the
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`complaint within 90 days of filing their complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). If proper
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`service is not made within this time, the Court may on its own accord after notice to
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`the plaintiff dismiss the action for failure to achieve timely service. Id.
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`Plaintiff David Jeffrey Cenedella filed his complaint on February 27, 2023.
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`Dkt. No. 1. A summons was issued on March 2, 2023. Dkt. No. 4. So the time for
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`serving the summons and complaint—90 days later—expired on May 28, 2023. No
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`Case 2:23-cv-00274-JNW Document 8 Filed 11/09/23 Page 2 of 2
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`proof of service was filed, and Defendant Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has not
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`appeared. See docket generally.
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`Therefore, it is ORDERED that Cenedella show cause within 14 days of the
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`date of this Order why this matter should not be dismissed without prejudice under
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) for failure to effect timely service.
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`Dated this 9th day of November, 2023.
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`Jamal N. Whitehead
`United States District Judge
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