Koledoye et al v. Eldow et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
T OLULOPE A DEBANKE K OLEDOYE 	§
A ND A DEWALE MOSES BAMGBOYE 	§
Plaintiffs, 	§
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v. 	§ 	CIVIL A CTION N O. 4:25-cv-03920
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J OSEPH B. E DLOW , 	§
D IRECTOR OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND 	§
I MMIGRATION SERVICES, ET AL., 	§
Defendants. 	§
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiffs filed their Complaint (ECF 1) on August 19, 2025, and their deadline
to serve Defendants was November 17, 2025. 	See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c), (m).1 	On
December 11, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to effect service by January 12,
2026, and warned that the Magistrate Judge would recommend the District Judge
dismiss the case for failure to do so. 	ECF 	5. 	Plaintiffs have failed to serve
defendants.
For the reasons stated above, the Court RECOMMENDS that Plaintiffs’
claims be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for failure to effect service.
1 The District Judge referred this case to the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), the Cost and Delay Reduction Plan under the Civil Justice Reform Act,
and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72. ECF 5.
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
January 13, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The 	Clerk 	of 	the 	Court 	shall 	send 	copies 	of 	the 	memorandum 	and
recommendation to the respective parties, who will then have fourteen days to file
written objections, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). 	Failure to file written
objections within the time period provided will bar an aggrieved party from attacking
the factual findings and legal conclusions on appeal. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto.
Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1428-29 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded by statute on
other grounds.
Christina A. Bryan
United States Magistrate Judge
Signed on January 13, 2026, at Houston, Texas.
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