(PS) Khayat v. FBI/Joelle K. Peele

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSETTE A. KHAYAT, Case No. 2:22-cv-01758-DJC-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FBI, et al., Defendants. 16 In October 2022, plaintiff commenced this action against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Joelle K. Peele, the “Head of Attorney at the FBI,” and paid the required filing fee. To date, neither defendant has appeared, and plaintiff has not filed proofs of service demonstrating that defendants were properly served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(l). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), “[i]f a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). However, “if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend the time for service for an appropriate period.” Id.…