Phillips v. Electoral College
Phillips v. Electoral College
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Arnie Phillips appeals the dismissal of his complaint seeking, inter alia, declaratory relief abolishing the Electoral College and declaring Albert Gore and Joseph Lie
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Phillips’ complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m).
Phillips’ additional arguments fail. The moving defendants did not waive their objection to the defect in service by filing their motion to dismiss. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(h); Martens v. Winder, 341 F.2d 197, 200 (9th Cir. 1965). The district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding that Phillips did not establish “good cause” existed for his failure to properly serve the defendants and that neither the exception announced in Borzeka v. Heckler, 739 F.2d 444, 447 (9th Cir. 1984), nor Rule 4(m) applied to excuse the defect.
AFFIRMED.
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. Phillips’ Motion to Strike the Reply Brief of the United States Attorney is denied.
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