Legal Opinion
Melvin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided September 30, 2004No. 1:03 CV 00816PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BULLOCK, District Judge.
On September 16, 2000, Michelle L. Melvin (“Plaintiff’) suffered a personal injury at a store owned by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Defendant”) in Roxboro, North Carolina. Plaintiff brought this diversity action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on August 28, 2003. A summons was issued on October 16, 2003, forty-three (43) days after Plaintiff filed her action. Plaintiff served Defendant with the summons on October 29, 2003, pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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