Legal Opinion

Kurka v. Iowa County, Iowa

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 15, 2010No. 09-2849PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Becky S. Kurka appeals the district court’s 1 denial of her motion to extend time to effect service of summons pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m), and the grant of Iowa County, Iowa, and the Iowa County Sheriffs Department’s (collectively, the County) motion to dismiss. Kurka contends an extension was warranted because the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa failed to issue a summons as directed by Local Rule 5.2g.2. 2 The district court found Kurka did not demonstrate “good cause” to warrant a mandatory extension or “excusable neglect” to…

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