United States Seventh Circuit

Where plaintiff waited 115 days to attempt service, then failed twice, "with no even colorable justification", to properly serve a local organization under FRCP 4, district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to excuse such failure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/06/2002
• Decided 05/20/2002
• Published 05/20/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Janet L. Heins (argued), Mequon, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Miriam Horwitz (argued), Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellee.