Barnum v. City of Tulsa

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

JEROME A. HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

James Barnum and Tritanna Murphy (“Appellants”) appeal from the district court’s order dismissing their complaint without prejudice for failure to effectuate timely service on the defendants. Construing their pro se brief liberally, as we must, see Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94, 127 S.Ct. 2197, 167 L.Ed.2d 1081 (2007) (per curiam), we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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On August 14, 2012, Appellants filed a civil-rights complaint in the Northern District of Oklahoma. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, they sued the City of Tulsa…