TCPAWorld has a bunch of little side stories in addition to all the big ones.

Here’s a quick one for you.

In Adean Hill v. Amity One Tax, 2025 WL 1592957 (N.D. Tex. June 5, 2025) the Court gave Hill one last chance to serve the complaint on the defendant.

Backing up, the case has been around for a while and the court had already given Hill until May 29, 2025 to get the complaint served. But that date passed without service.

Instead Hill filed a motion for substituted service–to permit service by mail– but that is a method of service already permitted in Texas apparently, so the motion was unnecessary. Then again his motion lacked a sworn statement of his previous efforts to serve Amity, so it would have been denied regardless.

Still the court gave him until July 7, 2025 to accomplish service. Let’s see if he pulls it off.

I know, weird one. But the idea of a litigator struggling with the basics of serving a complaint tells you what you’re dealing with out there at times.