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D. Me. Loc. R. 4
Special Service of Process
(a) Agreement between the Maine Attorney General and the Court
For the following types of actions, service of process will follow the procedures
set forth in the agreement between the Maine Attorney General and the Court,
reproduced in Appendix D:
(1) a civil case against the State of Maine, its agencies, or its employees in
which the Court has granted a plaintiff in forma pauperis status; and
(2) a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, regardless of whether
the filing fee has been paid.
(b) Foreclosure of Owner-Occupied Residential Property
In foreclosure cases subject to mediation under 14 M.R.S. § 6321-A, the
plaintiff must attach to the front of the complaint and summons served on the
defendant the one-page form notice, answer, and request for mediation
provided on the Court’s website, www.med.uscourts.gov/forms, and must
include an envelope addressed to the Court.
Provenance
- Source
- www.med.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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