Supreme Court of the United States, 2014

Chen v. Mayor

Chen v. Mayor
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 7, 2014
135 S. Ct. 475; 190 L. Ed. 2d 355; 83 U.S.L.W. 3286; 2014 U.S. LEXIS 7427 (Supreme Court Reporter)

Chen v. Mayor

Opinion of the Court

Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperisgranted. Petition for writ of certiorari granted limited to the following question: "Whether, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), a district court has discretion to extend the time for service of process absent a showing of good cause, as the Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits have held, or whether the district court lacks such discretion, as the Fourth Circuit has held?"

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