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FLOYD v. U.S.

No. 89-1635.

900 F.2d 1045 (1990)

David FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1990.

As Amended May 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne L. Sathre, Lakin & Herndon, Wood River, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Simpkins, Office of the U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, David Floyd, appeals from the dismissal of his suit for failure to effect timely service of his summons and complaint. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(j). For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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BACKGROUND

On February 26, 1986, David Floyd fell in the parking lot at the Gallipolis Lock on the Ohio River, an area owned and operated by the United States...

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