ORDER

DONALD E. WALTER, District Judge.

On October 30, 2015, defendants Town of St. Joseph and Edward Brown ("defendants") filed a suggestion of death upon the record pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a)(1). [Doc. #82]. The pleading stated that the plaintiff, Ivan Webb, passed away on or about September 29, 2015. Id. In the attached certificate of service, counsel for defendants stated that a copy of the suggestion of death had been "served on all counsel of record" via the court's electronic filing system. Id. Case law suggests, however, that the party who files a suggestion of death upon the record must serve that pleading upon a nonparty successor or representative of the deceased. E.g., Sampson v. ASC Indus., 780 F.3d 679 (5th Cir. Mar. 13, 2015). Additionally, service upon a nonparty succession representative1 must be in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. Id. at 681. If proper service is made on the succession representative, and no motion to substitute is made within 90 days of such service, then the case must be dismissed. Id. at 681.

In this case, there is no evidence that defendants served the suggestion of death on plaintiff's succession representative or that service was perfected in accordance with Rule 4. Thus, the mere filing of defendants suggestion of death did not trigger Rule 25's 90-day period to substitute a party for the deceased plaintiff. See Sampson, 780 F.3d at 679.

Accordingly:

IT IS ORDERED that, within 30 days of the date of this order, defendants provide proof that service of the suggestion of death, [Doc. #82], has been made in accordance with the requirements of Rules 4 and 25, or to notify the court in writing regarding its efforts to make such service;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter be and hereby is STAYED until a plaintiff is substituted or the proper time period for such substitution has lapsed;