MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOHN T. COPENHAVER, Jr., District Judge.

The plaintiff, Katherine Evans, filed the complaint for this sexual discrimination case in state court on October 17, 2013. Defendant TRG Customer Solutions, Inc. ("TRG") timely removed to this court on January 8, 2014. The state court docket does not show that Jason Ritchey was served process prior to removal. Not. Removal, Ex. A. Nor does the docket in this court reflect that Jason Ritchey has been served process after removal.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) requires that a party be served within 120 days after "the complaint is filed." Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m). For removed cases, the 120-day period is calculated as beginning on the date of removal. See, e.g., Fed.R.Civ.P. 81(c)(1); Cardenas v. City of Chicago, 646 F.3d 1001, 1004 (7th Cir. 2011); Lawrence v. Hanson, 197 F.Supp.2d 533, 538 (W.D. Va. 2002); Eccles v. National Semiconductor Corp., 10 F. Supp. 2d. 514, 519 (D. Md. 1998); cf. Rice v. Alpha Sec., Inc., ___ Fed. App'x ___, 2014 WL 703760, at *3 (4th Cir. Feb. 25, 2014). When the defendant has not been served within 120 days, "the court — on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff — must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time." Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m).

As mentioned, this action was removed on January 8, 2014. May 8 is 120 days from that date. May 8 has passed, and Ritchey has not been served. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Jason Ritchey be served within 30 days from the date of entry of this order. If defendant Ritchey is not served within that time period, this action, to the extent it asserts claims against Ritchey, will be dismissed without prejudice.

The Clerk is directed to transmit this order to all counsel of record and any unrepresented parties.