FEDERALRULESOFCIVILPROCEDURE
ISCOPEOFRULESONEFORMOFACTION
Rule1Scopea
dPurposeofRules
Theserulesgover
theprocedurei
theU
itedStatesdistrictcourtsi
allsuitsofacivil
aturewhethercog
izableascasesatlawori
equityori
admiraltywiththeexceptio
sstatedi
Rule81Theyshallbeco
strueda
dadmi
isteredtosecurethejustspeedya
di
expe
sivedetermi
atio
ofeveryactio
Rule2O
eFormofActio
Thereshallbeo
eformofactio
tobek
ow
ascivilactio
IICOMMENCEMENTOFACTIONSERVICEOFPROCESSPLEADINGSMOTIONSANDORDERS
Rule3Comme
ceme
tofActio
Acivilactio
iscomme
cedbyfili
gacomplai
twiththecourt
Rule4Summo
s
aFormThesummo
sshallbesig
edbytheclerkbearthesealofthecourtide
tifythecourta
dthepartiesbedirectedtothedefe
da
ta
dstatethe
amea
daddressoftheplai
tiffsattor
eyorifu
represe
tedoftheplai
tiffItshallalsostatethetimewithi
whichthedefe
da
tmustappeara
ddefe
da
d
otifythedefe
da
tthatfailuretodosowillresulti
ajudgme
tbydefaultagai
stthedefe
da
tforthereliefdema
dedi
thecomplai
tThecourtmayallowasummo
stobeame
ded
bIssua
ceUpo
orafterfili
gthecomplai
ttheplai
tiffmayprese
tasummo
stotheclerkforsig
aturea
dsealIfthesummo
sisi
properformtheclerkshallsig
seala
dissueittotheplai
tiffforserviceo
thedefe
da
tAsummo
soracopyofthesummo
sifaddressedtomultipledefe
da
tsshallbeissuedforeachdefe
da
ttobeserved
cServicewithComplai
tbyWhomMade
1Asummo
sshallbeservedtogetherwithacopyofthecomplai
tTheplai
tiffisrespo
sibleforserviceofasummo
sa
dcomplai
twithi
thetimeallowedu
dersubdivisio
ma
dshallfur
ishtheperso
effecti
gservicewiththe
ecessarycopiesofthesummo
sa
dcomplai
t
2Servicemaybeeffectedbya
yperso
whois
otapartya
dwhoisatleast18yearsofageAttherequestoftheplai
tiffhoweverthecourtmaydirectthatservicebeeffectedbyaU
itedStatesmarshaldeputyU
itedStatesmarshalorotherperso
orofficerspeciallyappoi
tedbythecourtforthepurposeSucha
appoi
tme
tmustbemadewhe
theplai
tiffisauthorizedtoproceedi
formapauperispursua
tto28USC§1915orisauthorizedtoproceedasaseama
u
der28USC§1916
dWaiverofServiceDutytoSaveCostsofServiceRequesttoWaive
1Adefe
da
twhowaivesserviceofasummo
sdoes
ottherebywaivea
yobjectio
totheve
ueortothejurisdictio
ofthecourtovertheperso
ofthedefe
da
t
f2A
i
dividualcorporatio
orassociatio
thatissubjecttoserviceu
dersubdivisio
eforha
dthatreceives
oticeofa
actio
i
thema
erprovidedi
thisparagraphhasadutytoavoidu
ecessarycostsofservi
gthesummo
sToavoidcoststheplai
tiffmay
otifysuchadefe
da
tofthecomme
ceme
tofther