RICARDO PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. IAN LAWLER and THEODORE STROOPE, Defendants-Appellees.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 14-0159 Filed October 29, 2014 RICARDO PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. IAN LAWLER and THEODORE STROOPE, Defendants-Appellees. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge. Ricardo Phillips appeals the district court s finding of no good cause in delay of service of process. AFFIRMED. Eric Updegraff of Stoltz & Updegraff, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Gary D. Goudelock Jr., Assistant City Attorney, Des Moines, for appellees. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Tabor and Mullins, JJ. 2 TABOR, J. Plaintiff Ricardo Phillips appeals the district court s dismissal of his lawsuit for failure to timely serve the defendants, two Des Moines police officers, under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.302(5). After a careful review of the record, the parties briefs, the applicable law, and the district court s sound analysis, we conclude the ruling dismissing the action should be affirmed without opinion pursuant to Iowa Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1203 subsections (a) and (d). AFFIRMED.
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