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"op ae STATES~ DISTRICT count i. ~ u, aww, aa DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE , MAR 09 1D John J. Staradumsky v. | Civil No. 88-2000-p United States Government, et al. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Referred here from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the voluminous complaint comprises 10 counts and 174 pages. It names 197 defendants as having violated various civil rights of the plaintiff pursuant to 42 U.S.C. $§ 1961, 1983, 2985, and 1986. The named defendants include the President of the United States, former spouses of the plaintiff, and varied judicial, executive and legislative officers, state and federal. The complaint's myriad grounds range from disputed custody of infant children to employment discharge. The chronology of the instant litigation is as follows. The complaint was docketed in this Court on October 11, 1988. That same date the undersigned issued an Order granting plaintiff's motion. to proceed in forma pauperis, but only for the purpose of waiving the filing fee. Plaintiff was ordered to complete service on all named defendants by mailing a copy of the complaint by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each defendant.” Plaintiff proceeded to make service on fifteen of the defendants, while appealing the undersigned's order requiring plaintiff to pay for the cost of service. The undersigned's order was upheld by Chief Judge Devine. The case was then stayed while plaintiff appealed to the First Circuit court of Appeals. - too - . ~ - - L "Plaintiff was forewarned that failure to comply with service as outlined in the Order could result in dismissal of the action against those defendants who were not served.