ORDER

FRANK D. WHITNEY, Chief District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on periodic status review.

Pro se Plaintiff George Victor Stokes is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, currently incarcerated at Lanesboro Correctional Institution in Polkton, North Carolina. Plaintiff filed this action on March 11, 2016, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, bringing various claims against three named defendants, including F. McAdon, identified by Plaintiff as "Chief" of the Mecklenburg County Jail at all relevant times.

Following initial review by the Court, Plaintiff submitted a summons form for service on Defendant F. McAdon by the U.S. Marshal at McAdon's last known place of employment, the Mecklenburg County Jail. On December 9, 2016, the U.S. Marshal returned as unexecuted a summons form, indicating that Defendant F. McAdon is no longer employed at the Mecklenburg County Jail. See (Doc. No. 14 at1).

Generally, a plaintiff is responsible for effectuating service on each named Defendant within the time frame set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), and failure to do so renders the action subject to dismissal. However, if an incarcerated plaintiff proceeding in forma pauperis provides the Marshals Service sufficient information to identify the defendant, the Marshals Service's failure to complete service will constitute good cause under Rule 4(m) if the defendant could have been located with reasonable effort. See Graham v. Satkoski, 51 F.3d 710, 713 (7th Cir. 1995). Before a case may be dismissed based on failure to effectuate service, the Court must first ensure that the U.S. Marshal has used reasonable efforts to locate and obtain service on the named defendants. See Greene v. Holloway, No. 99-7380, 2000 WL 296314, at *1 (4th Cir. Mar. 22, 2000) (where the district court dismissed a defendant in a Section 1983 action based on the prisoner's failure to provide an address for service on a defendant who no longer worked at the sheriff's office, remanding so the district court could "evaluate whether the marshals could have served [Defendant] with reasonable effort"). Therefore, this Court will instruct the U.S. Marshal to use reasonable efforts to locate and obtain service on Defendant F. McAdon.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: