Opinion
Case No. 11-13101
09-29-2012
MACOMB INTERCEPTOR DRAIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Plaintiff, and CITY OF DETROIT and DETROIT WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. KWAME KILPATRICK, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING INTERVENING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO EXTEND THE
SERVICE DEADLINE AND RECEIVE A NEW SUMMONS
Intervening Plaintiff, City of Detroit, moves to extend the service deadline and to receive a new summons for Defendant Derrick A. Miller. Intervening Plaintiff hired a professional process server, which served the other defendants but, after a diligent effort, failed to serve Miller. Further, Intervening Plaintiff claims that an attorney representing Miller in another matter declined to accept service for him. In accord with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), Intervening Plaintiff establishes good cause for the relief requested. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Intervening Plaintiff's motion [Dkt. # 239] to extend the service deadline and to receive a new summons is GRANTED. The deadline to serve Miller advances to January 14, 2013, and a new summons shall issue.
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record on this date, September 29, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
(313) 234-5522
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