Local Rule Rule 4: Special Service of Process
D. Me. — Civil rule
Rule 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.