DUDLEY H. BOWEN, District Judge.
This Court previously considered Plaintiff Jean Jocelyn Merilien's motion to remand this case to the Superior Court of Johnson County. Plaintiff's motion was denied on October 12, 2018. (Doc. No. 29.)
When this case was removed by Defendants on August 9, 2018, the entire case file from the Superior Court of Johnson County was attached to the removal notice as required. Consequently, this Court is well aware of the proceedings before the state court. Plaintiff amended his complaint three times in the state court. but it appears that he never served any new defendant with an amended complaint. Plaintiff also sought to withdraw his Second Amended Complaint at some point. Once the case was removed, Plaintiff again attempted to amend his complaint, but then filed a motion to dismiss his motion to amend the complaint only to file another motion to amend the complaint. Given the confusion Plaintiff has created by his inconsistent filings and the fact that he has only attempted service on four of the originally named defendants, the Court directed Plaintiff to file and serve an amended complaint in accordance with the instructions included in the Order of October 12, 2018 or face dismissal.
On October 25, 2018, Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the October 12, 2018 Order.
Having resolved the reconsideration motion, the Clerk is now directed to docket the following documents received from Plaintiff: (1) "Plaintiff's Response to Order "Doc. 29" to File Amended Complaint"; and (2) Plaintiff's Amended Complaint. The Clerk shall return a file-stamped copy of the Amended Complaint and a Summons with the service copy of this Order. The Clerk shall also return to Plaintiff his original letter dated October 30, 2018, titled "In Request to Excuses/Pardons for Disobey `Doc. 38.'"
Plaintiff must serve his Amended Complaint upon all named Defendants within ninety (90) days of the date the Summons is issued. The named Defendants are as follows: (1)
Plaintiff has asked for further guidance in serving the Amended Complaint. The Court has already sent Plaintiff a copy of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4. Additionally, the Court notes that Plaintiff need only serve a copy of the Amended Complaint upon counsel of record for the represented defendants. Defendants Jackson, Smith, Hurst, Scott and Emmons. The Clerk is
In order to properly request that an individual subject to service under Rule 4(e) waive personal service, Plaintiff must
(a) complete the Notice of Lawsuit Form and two Waiver of Service Forms for each of Defendants Granison, Emmons, and Caldwell; and
(b) mail the completed forms, along with a copy of the file-stamped Amended Complaint, to Defendants by first class mail, with a prepaid means for returning the Waiver of Service Form.
Individuals have a duty to avoid unnecessary expenses of serving the summons, and a defendant who fails to sign and return a waiver without good cause must bear the expenses incurred in making personal service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1) & (2). A defendant whose return of the waiver is timely does not have to answer the complaint until sixty days after the date Plaintiff mails the request for waiver. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(3). However, should a defendant choose not to waive personal service of the summons and complaint. Plaintiff is still responsible for properly effecting personal service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c) & (e).
If the Amended Complaint is not served upon all named Defendants within 90 days of the date the Summons is issued, any unserved Defendant may be dismissed from the case.