Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1996No. 96-60020PublishedCited by 195 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Robert E. Thompson filed suit against Jessie Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for alleged violations of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. Thompson failed to deliver a copy of the summons and complaint to the attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi and the Attorney General of the United States, as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(i). The District Court dismissed the suit, without prejudice, for failure to serve a defendant within 120 days. Fed.R.CivP. 4(m). We affirm.

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Thompson concedes that he did…

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