Murillo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONA SALCIDA MURILLO, Case No.: 3:22-cv-00548-TWR-AHG

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

Plaintiff, DEFENDANTS TO BEAR COSTS OF v. SERVICE

A. RAMOS, et al.,

15 Defendants. [ECF No. 32] 16 17 18

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26 27 28 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Have Defendants Bear Cost of Service, for Failure to Waive Service Under F.R.C.P. Rule 4 (ECF No. 32) (the “Motion for Costs”), filed on March 24, 2023. Plaintiff brings the Motion for Costs pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2), asking that the Court order Defendants to bear the cost of service due to their failure to timely return executed waivers of service. For the reasons that follow, the motion is GRANTED. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The relevant procedural history is as follows: On July 28, 2022, the Court denied Plaintiff’s second motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this action, dismissed the action without prejudice, and required Plaintiff to…