Opinion
21-cv-1160 SMV
03-17-2022
DOUGLAS MURRAY SANDERS, Plaintiff, v. SANTA FE GOLD CORPORATION and MINERAL ACQUISITIONS, LLC, Defendants.
ORDER FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
STEPHAN M. VIDMAR UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Service of Notice and Waiver [Doc. 6], filed on March 11, 2022. Plaintiff proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He asks the Court's officers to effect service on Defendants. [Doc. 6]. The Motion will be granted.
Plaintiff filed his Compliant on December 3, 2021. [Doc. 1]. On December 8, 2021, the Court Clerk issued and mailed the necessary documents to Defendants, requesting that they waive service. See [Doc. 4]. Neither Defendant has waived service or appeared in this action.Accordingly, Plaintiff asks the Court to arrange for service, [Doc. 6], which is warranted.
Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(2), the Court must impose costs of service on a defendant who, without good cause, does not comply with a request to waive service.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that summonses be issued by the Court Clerk, and that the United States Marshal effect service of the summonses, the Complaint [Doc. 1], and a copy of this Order on Defendants. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3). The service of the summonses and complaint shall be at no cost to Plaintiff.
IT IS SO ORDERED.