i have consistently called all necessary party. The federal court registry officer said, "STATUS-RETURNED" a technical term that indicates that another officer has gone to manually file the notice. I submitted notice of discontinuance on Thursday and i received the acknowledgement on Friday without the affidavit. GodspeedApplications with a "Return Status" signifies something is not done as expected by the federal court. An "acceptance" advise will be received if ok. The affidavit of service must be notarized by a lawyer or notary public. You can also call the registry officer to inquire on why it was missing and why it was returned.