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affirming dismissal for failure to effect service "for the reasons stated by the district court," where the district court held it had no discretion under Mendez to extend the Rule 4(m) deadline absent good cause, and the plaintiff failed to show good cause
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No. 13-1375
11-12-2013
BOBBY CHEN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE; MICHAEL BRAVERMAN, Department of Housing and Community Development of Baltimore City; JEROME J. DORICH, JR., Department of Housing and Community Development of Baltimore City; WILLIAM BOLDEN, Department of Housing and Community Development of Baltimore City; P&J CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC., Defendants - Appellees.
Bobby Chen, Appellant Pro Se. Adam S. Levine, Steven John Potter, BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland; Kristen Nichole Nesbitt, GOODELL DEVRIES LEECH & DANN, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. George L. Russell, III, District Judge. (1:11-cv-03227-GLR) Before WILKINSON, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Bobby Chen, Appellant Pro Se. Adam S. Levine, Steven John Potter, BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland; Kristen Nichole Nesbitt, GOODELL DEVRIES LEECH & DANN, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Bobby Chen appeals the district court's order dismissing the complaint in this action for failure to effect service of process. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Chen v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 1:11-cv-03227-GLR (D. Md. Feb. 22, 2013). We deny the motion for appointment of counsel, grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED