Steve Benny v. Danny Pipes and Charles Payne

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1986-09-05

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PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: This case requires us to decide the breadth of Fed.R.Civ.P. 4. Two prisoners filed suit against several prison guards. A fellow prisoner served the summonses and complaints. Because the guards failed to answer the complaint, the district court entered a default judgment against them, and later awarded damages…

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