Lavi v. Bank Negara Indonesia Branch
- Vernon Broderick
- 1:22-cv-06000
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Pierre Lavi v. Bank Negara Indonesia, Judge Broderick extended the deadline for serving the defendant to December 15, 2022.
Pierre Lavi, who was required to serve Bank Negara Indonesia by December 15, 2022 or request another extension from the court.
What happened
Pierre Lavi v. Bank Negara Indonesia is a case in which Pierre Lavi had not shown that Bank Negara Indonesia had been served with the lawsuit. Lavi was representing himself and was allowed to proceed without paying court fees.
Lavi filed the case on July 14, 2022, and obtained a summons on September 23, 2022. By November 30, 2022, he had not filed proof of service or taken another action showing that the defendant had been served.
The court extended the service deadline to December 15, 2022. Judge Vernon S. Broderick reminded Lavi that he had to ask the court for any further extension and warned that failing to do so would result in dismissal of the case.
The detailed version
- Lavi v. Bank Negara Indonesia Branch · No. 1:22-cv-06000
- Vernon Broderick
- Nov. 30, 2022
Background
Pierre Lavi filed the action against Bank Negara Indonesia on July 14, 2022. He obtained a summons on September 23, 2022. The order states that Lavi had not filed an affidavit of service or taken any other action indicating that Bank Negara Indonesia had been served.
Lavi was representing himself and was proceeding without paying court fees. The court explained that, in that situation, he could rely on the U.S. Marshals Service to carry out service, but he remained responsible for asking the court to extend the service deadline if necessary.
Ruling
The court ordered that the deadline to serve Bank Negara Indonesia was extended to December 15, 2022. The court reminded Lavi that he was responsible for requesting any additional extension and stated that failure to do so would result in dismissal of the action. The Clerk of Court was directed to mail Lavi a copy of the order.
Classification
This is a procedural order concerning service of process and the deadline for completing service. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.