GEIGER v. ALLEN

No. 87-2172.

850 F.2d 330 (1988)

Andrea GEIGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald ALLEN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Walshe, Walshe & Assoc., New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

William W. Kurnik, Kurnik, Cipolla, Stephenson, Barasha & O'Dell, Arlington Heights, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr. and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Andrea Geiger appeals from a district court order dismissing her diversity action against defendant Donald Allen. The district court dismissed Geiger's action for failure to serve Allen within 120 days of filing her complaint, as mandated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(j). We affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

For purposes of this appeal, the details of Geiger's underlying cause of action are irrelevant...

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