M.R. Civ. P. 79

(a) Civil Docket. The clerk shall keep the civil docket, and shall enter

therein each civil action to which these rules are applicable. Actions shall be

assigned docket numbers. Upon the filing of a complaint with the court, the

name of each party and each trustee, and the name and address of the plaintiff’s

attorney shall be entered upon the docket. Thereafter the name and address of

the attorney appearing or answering for any defendant or trustee shall

similarly be entered. All pleadings and motions addressed in Rule 7(a) and (b),

and any opposition thereto and any returns showing execution of process filed

with the clerk, and all appearances, fee payments, orders, verdicts, and

judgments shall be noted chronologically upon the docket and shall be marked

with the docket number. These notations shall briefly show the nature of each

document filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of

the court and of the returns showing execution of process. In the alternative

the notation of an order or judgment may consist of an incorporation by

reference of a designated order, judgment, opinion or other document filed

with the clerk by the court, provided that the notation shows that it is made at

the specific direction of the court. The notation of an order or judgment shall

show the date the notation is made.

(b)(1) Motion to Impound. Upon the filing of a motion or other

request to impound or seal documents or other materials, the clerk shall

separate such materials from the publicly available file and keep them

impounded or sealed pending the court’s adjudication of the motion.

(2) Confidential Materials. Requests for inspection or copying of

materials designated as confidential, impounded or sealed within a case file

must be made by motion in accordance with Rule 7.

(c) Custody of Papers by Clerk. The clerk shall be answerable for all

records and papers filed with the court, and they shall not be taken from the

clerk’s custody without special order of the court; but the parties may at all

times have copies.

(d) Other Books and Records. The clerk shall keep such other books and

records as may be required from time to time by the Chief Justice of the

Superior Court, or the Chief Judge of the District Court, as the case may be.