Mel Abele v. City of Brooksville Florida

Plaintiff-Appellant Mel Abele, proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 complaint for failure to serve properly the Defendant-Appellee, City of Brooksville, Florida. No reversible error has been shown; we affirm.

Plaintiff argues on appeal that no dismissal was appropriate and that his motion for default judgment should have been granted because City of Brooksville failed to respond timely to the complaint. According to Plaintiff, the return of service filed in the district court shows that the summons and complaint were served properly and timely on…