Willie Lee Pree v. State of Nevada

972 F.2d 1341 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Willie Lee PREE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Nevada, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-16318. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1992. * Decided Aug. 14, 1992. Before BRUNETTI, RYMER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Willie Lee Pree appeals pro se the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his action for failure to serve the defendant in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(6) and 4(j). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review a district court's dismissal of an action pursuant to Rule 4(j) for abuse of discretion, Townsel v. County of Contra Costa, Cal., 820 F.2d 319, 320 (9th Cir.1987), and affirm. 3 Rule 4(d)(6) requires that service of process upon a state or governmental organization be effectuated "by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the chief executive officer thereof or by serving the summons and complaint in the…