Lambert

MEMORANDUM **

Daniel Lambert appeals pro se from the district court’s order affirming a bankruptcy court’s order dismissing his adversary complaint for failure to effect timely service of process. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We review de novo the district court’s decision on appeal from a bankruptcy court, Dawson v. Washington Mut. Bank, F.A. (In re Dawson), 390 F.3d 1139, 1145 (9th Cir.2004), and review for abuse of discretion the dis *631 missal of a complaint for failure to effect timely service, Oyama v. Sheehan (In re Sheehan), 253 F.3d 507, 511 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Lambert’s complaint and declining to extend the 120-day period for effecting service, because Lambert did not demonstrate that the personal representative of Lehinger’s estate received actual notice of the complaint. See id. at 512 (a plaintiff seeking to show good cause for extending the time limit for service may be required to show that the party to be served received actual notice).

The bankruptcy court also did not abuse its discretion in declining to extend the service period on its own initiative. See Fed.R.Civ.P.…