Huaman

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 INNOVATIVE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, Case No. 5:24-cv-06141-PCP

INC.,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 9 EXTEND TIME FOR SERVICE AND v. DISMISSING CASE 10

ZENON HUAMAN,

11 Re: Dkt. No. 16 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Innovative Sports Management served defendant Zenon Huaman after the 13 deadline for doing so had passed. Innovative Sports Management now moves for an extension of 14 time. For the following reasons, the motion is denied and the case is dismissed without prejudice. 15 After an action is commenced, a plaintiff must serve the complaint on the defendant within 16 90 days. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). “If a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is 17 filed, the court … must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that 18 service be made within a specified time.” Id. The deadline for service is intended to force parties 19 and their attorneys to be diligent in prosecuting their case. Fimbres v. United…