(PS) Melton v. Stockton Police Dept.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTHONY RUSSELL MELTON, No. 2:23-cv-1457-KJM-CSK PS 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On August 25, 2023, Plaintiff Anthony Russell Melton paid the filing fee and filed 18 his First Amended Complaint.1 (ECF No. 8 (Compl.).) On November 28, 2023, Plaintiff 19 filed a set of documents labeled “summons returned executed.” (ECF No. 9.) Thereafter, 20 Defendant Stockton Police Department filed objections to Plaintiff’s purported service, 21 noting the envelope did not contain a copy of the First Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 22 10.) Further, the Court noted Plaintiff simply mailed two envelopes to Defendants 23 himself. (ECF No. 11.) By order dated December 26, 2023, the Court quashed this 24 purported service, provided Plaintiff with standards for serving Defendants, gave Plaintiff 25 an additional 90 days to do so, and warned that further failure to follow the rules 26 regarding service may result in dismissal under…