Jeff Glover v. C/O Canute C. Brown, et al.

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: November 14, 2025
• Docket: 2:24-cv-00596
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 Jeff Glover, Case No. 2:24-cv-00596-JAD-NJK

8 Plaintiff(s), ORDER 9 v. [Docket No. 26]

10 C/O Canute C. Brown, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12 Summonses were returned unexecuted as to Defendants Brown and Ruiz. Docket Nos. 22, 13 23. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to extend the time for service and to obtain 14 judicial assistance to effectuate service. Docket No. 26.1 15 With respect to the motion to extend time, good cause exists for that relief. See Fed. R. 16 Civ. P. 4(m). As such, the deadline to effectuate service will be extended. 17 With the respect to the request for judicial assistance, Plaintiff asks the Court whether there 18 is another process to find and serve these Defendants. See Docket No. 26 at 2. While the filings 19 of pro se prisoners are entitled to liberal treatment, the Court does not act as their attorney or 20 paralegal. Pliler v. Ford, 542 U.S. 225, 231 (2004). Ultimately, it is the plaintiff’s responsibility 21 to effectuate service by providing the defendants’ proper addresses. Bivins v. Ryan, Case No. CV- 22 12-1097-PHX-ROS (LOA), 2013 WL 2004462, at *3 (D. Ariz. May 13, 2013); see also, e.g., 23 Gibbs v. Fey, Case No. 2:15-cv-01958-GMN-NJK, 2017 WL 8131473, at *3 (D. Nev. Nov. 14, 24 2017), objections overruled, 2018 WL 1157544 (D. Nev. Mar. 2, 2018), recon. denied, 2019 WL 25 13249692 (D. Nev. Mar. 15, 2019). “If service was unsuccessful and Plaintiff wishes to have 26 service attempted again, a motion must be filed identifying the unserved defendant and specifying 27 1 The Court liberally construes the filings of pro se litigants, particularly those who are 28 prisoners bringing civil rights claims. Blaisdell v. Frappiea, 729 F.3d 1237, 1241 (9th Cir. 2013). 1] a detailed name and/or address for said defendant, or whether some other manner of service should be attempted.” Docket No. 18 at 2. As such, the Court will deny the request for assistance in 3 locating defendants or discerning alternative service means. 4 Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The deadline 5| to effectuate service is EXTENDED to January 7, 2026. If Plaintiff wishes to have service 6 attempted again, a motion must be filed identifying the unserved defendant and specifying a 7|| detailed name and/or address for said defendant, or whether some other manner of service should 8|| be attempted. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 Dated: November 14, 2025 Nancy J. Koppe 12 United States Magistrate Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28