Goodwin v. Marin County Transit District
- Jacquelyn Corley
- 3:21-cv-07251
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Goodwin v. Marin County Transit District, Judge Corley denied as moot a request to extend service time because a new 90-day period had begun.
Austin Goodwin and newly added defendant Marin Airporter; the order concerned the deadline for serving Marin Airporter.
What happened
Austin Goodwin asked to extend the deadline for serving newly added defendant Marin Airporter. No response to the request was filed before the response deadline expired.
The court explained that defendants added by an amended complaint generally must be served within 90 days after the amendment. Goodwin filed the amended complaint adding Marin Airporter on January 5, 2022, so the court said he had 90 days from that date to serve the defendant.
In Goodwin v. Marin County Transit District, United States Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley denied the request as moot on January 14, 2022.
The detailed version
- Goodwin v. Marin County Transit District · No. 3:21-cv-07251
- Jacquelyn Corley
- Jan. 14, 2022
Background
Austin Goodwin filed an administrative motion asking to continue, or extend, the deadline for serving process on newly added defendant Marin Airporter. The opinion states that no response to the motion was filed and that the response period had expired.
Court's analysis
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) generally requires service of process within 90 days after a complaint is filed. The court explained that when a defendant is added through a later amendment to the complaint, the service period runs from the date of that amendment. Goodwin filed his First Amended Complaint adding Marin Airporter on January 5, 2022.
Ruling
The court denied Goodwin's administrative motion to extend the service deadline as moot. It stated that Goodwin had 90 days from January 5, 2022, to serve Marin Airporter. The order was issued by United States Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley.
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