Lukenbill
(PC) Humes v. Lukenbill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JON HUMES, No. 2:17-cv-2609 MCE KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE LUKENBILL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former jail inmate, now state prisoner, proceeding pro se. The undersigned recommended that this action be dismissed based on plaintiff’s failure to complete and return the USM-285 forms necessary to effect service on defendant Lukenbill. Plaintiff filed objections. Good cause appearing, the findings and recommendations are vacated. As discussed below, plaintiff is ordered to show cause why defendant Lukenbill should not be dismissed for lack of service of process, and this action be dismissed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). I. Background This action was filed on December 13, 2017. Plaintiff amended his complaint twice, and this action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint. (ECF No. 16.) On May 2, 2018, the undersigned found plaintiff stated an Eighth Amendment…