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LAURENCE v. WALL

No. 08-1380.

551 F.3d 92 (2008)

Norman LAURENCE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. A.T. WALL, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence on brief pro se.

Before LIPEZ, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Pro se appellant Norman Laurence, incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Institution of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, appeals from a sua sponte order of the district court dismissing his civil rights complaint, without prejudice, for failure to effect timely service of process. For the reasons explained below, we vacate the district court's order and remand this matter.

On March 5, 2007, Laurence filed his suit in the United States...

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