Lyu
Lyu v. Mayorkas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 7 GUANGFU LYU, Case No. 24-cv-00533-PHK Plaintiff,
v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Defendants.
13 14 Now before the Court is the issue of whether or not Plaintiff has properly effected service on the named Defendants in this case. Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, commenced this lawsuit on January 29, 2024, naming Alejandro Mayorkas and Merrick Garland as Defendants. [Dkt. 1]. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) sets forth the following requirements for service of plaintiff’s complaint on the named defendants:
If 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 21 without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time. But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend the time for service for…