Blackhorse v. Hale

OPINION

Opinion delivered by

CADMAN, Associate Justice.

We are asked to decide 1) whether the district court abused its discretion by dismissing the Plaintiff’s complaint for failure to serve process within the six months time period of Nav. R. Civ. P. 6(f), and 2) whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to rule on Plaintiff’s motion for extension of time to serve process under Nav. R. Civ. P. 6(b). We find that the district court abused its discretion and reverse the court’s dismissal of the complaint.

I

The Plaintiff, Taft Blackhorse, filed a complaint against the Defendants…