Owen F. Silvious v. Ghaith R. Pharaon
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
This case requires us to determine whether the 1993 revision of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 eliminated the practice of allowing an agent in the United States to accept service of process for a foreign defendant. The district court concluded that service could not be effected on a foreign defendant by serving his putative agent in the United States. We REVERSE and REMAND.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff-appellant Owen F. Silvious filed suit against defendant Ghaith R. Pharaon 1 in May, 1992, and alleged a cause of action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §…
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