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D. Me. Loc. R. 4

Special Service of Process

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(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
Content hash
2bc3af434bc3bce3d9ac2d6383d84cbe1b5936edb005a10c3e76114d32a566e2
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