Free Letter - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv-00877-JJF

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September 15, 2006 VIA E-FILE The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. United States District Court for the District of Delaware 844 N. King Street, Rm 4209 Lock Box 27 Wilmington, DE 19801 Re: Anderson v. General Motors, C.A. No. 05-877-JJF

Dear Judge Farnan: On behalf of Defendant General Motors, we file herewith as Exhibit A the Affidavit of Terry Tyndall, the individual to whom the U.S. Marshall delivered a copy of the Complaint in this matter. We are providing this document as additional support for our Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment (D.I. 17), which we filed in response to Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment (D.I. 15). In addition, we wish to notify the Court that we have been advised by the Clerk's office that no summons was ever issued in this case. Plaintiff has not complied with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(a) and (b) that a summons must be issued for each defendant to be served and must be served together with a copy of the complaint. The purpose of the summons is, of course, to put a defendant on notice that a response is required and to describe the consequences if no response if provided. No such notice was provided in this case.

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Plaintiff's failure to obtain and serve a summons with the complaint precludes the entry of default judgment. We respectfully request that Plaintiff's motion be denied. Respectfully yours,

/s/ Teresa A. Cheek Teresa A. Cheek Del. Bar No. 2657 Attachment (Affidavit of Terry Tyndall) cc: Clerk of Court (via EM/ECF) Roland C. Anderson (via U.S. Mail, postage prepaid) Michael Williams, Esquire (via e-mail)

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