SILVIOUS v. PHARAON

No. 94-8592. Non-Argument Calendar.

54 F.3d 697 (1995)

Owen F. SILVIOUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ghaith R. PHARAON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen F. Silvious, New Market, VA, pro se.

Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case requires us to determine whether the 1993 revision of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 eliminated the practice of allowing an agent in the United States to accept service of process for a foreign defendant. The district court concluded that service could not be effected on a foreign defendant by serving his putative agent in the United States. We REVERSE and REMAND.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellant Owen F. Silvious filed suit...

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