Opinion
3:24-cv-92-KAP
07-16-2024
LATIF ALKHATIB, Plaintiff v. SUPERINTENDENT BARRY SMITH, et al., Defendants
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Keith A. Pesto, United States Magistrate Judge
Plaintiff Latif Alkhatib is an inmate at S.C.I. Houtzdale, serving a life sentence imposed in 2006 by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. See Commonwealth vAlkhatib, CP-51-CR-0203461-2005 (C.P. Philadelphia). Alkhatib has filed a complaint subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act for which he paid the filing fee. Because plaintiff is not proceeding in forma pauperis, he must serve the 25 named defendants as provided in Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m):
If a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court - on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff - must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.
Plaintiff must effect proper service under Rule 4 on defendants and make proof of service under Rule 4(1)(1) on or before July 24, 2024, or the complaint will be dismissed without prejudice as provided in Rule 4(m) as to any defendant not served. If plaintiff wants the Marshal to make service (at plaintiff's expense) on the defendants he should file a motion requesting an order to that effect.