United States Seventh Circuit

While a court must give a plaintiff reasonable time to cure a defect in service under Rule 4(i)(3) or grant an appropriate extension of time for service under Rule 4(m), nothing in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a judge to excuse service altogether.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2001
• Decided 08/14/2001
• Published 08/14/2001

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian R. Holman (argued), Friedman & Holman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Maria Simon (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Chicago, IL, Eugene D. Angrist, Department of Navy, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.