United States of America v. Ryan Bailey and RKB, Inc. — S.D. W. Va., Beckley Division, No. 5:24-cv-00456

Case summary

The United States of America brought this civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Beckley Division, No. 5:24-cv-00456, against Ryan Bailey and RKB, Inc. Summonses in a civil action were issued on August 29, 2024 to both defendants, one addressed to the company care of Ryan Bailey as its president, and signed by an Assistant United States Attorney as attorney for the United States. A West Virginia Secretary of State certificate of service of process for the company was filed on September 11, 2024, and U.S. Marshals Service process receipts and returns for both defendants on September 12, 2024. The complaint is not among the filings on this page, and no filing states what the action claims or names a relief program.

Case at a glance

What does the page hold?

Two summonses in a civil action dated August 29, 2024, one of them filed twice, addressed to Ryan Bailey and to RKB, Inc. care of Ryan Bailey as president; a West Virginia Secretary of State certificate of service of process for RKB, Inc. filed September 11, 2024; two U.S. Marshals Service process receipts and returns filed September 12, 2024, one for each defendant; and a certificate of service filed December 20, 2024 by counsel for Ryan Bailey. Several of these documents extract as page stamps only.

What do the summonses say?

Each summons states that a lawsuit has been filed against the addressee, that within 21 days after service — or 60 days for the United States, a United States agency or an officer or employee of the United States described in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(2) or (3) — the addressee must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12, and that failure to respond will result in judgment by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. They name Fred B. Westfall, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, as attorney for the United States.

What does the certificate of service show?

A certificate of service filed December 20, 2024 by counsel for the defendant Ryan Bailey records that copies of the following documents were served on counsel for the government by email that day: tax return carryovers to 2022, 2021 S corporation tax returns, 2023 individual tax returns, 2023 S corporation tax returns, 2022 S corporation tax returns, 2022 individual tax returns, a service provider agreement with FedEx, FedEx financials, a Schwab statement, a maintenance and service agreement, an equipment lease agreement and a business purchase agreement.

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