Local Rule Rule H: Special Rules
D.P.R. — Civil rule
RULE H SPECIAL RULES
(1) Emergency Telephone Number.
When counsel urgently needs action or advice and cannot wait for normal business hours, counsel may use this emergency telephone number to call the person on duty: (787) 766-6540 (United States Marshal).
(2) Assignment of Actions.
If the judge to whom a case under the Local Admiralty Rules has been assigned is not readily available, any matter under the Local Admiralty Rules may be presented to any other judge in the district without reassigning the case.
(3) Newspapers for Publishing Notices.
Every notice required to be published under the Local Admiralty Rules or any rules or statutes applying to admiralty and maritime proceedings shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Puerto Rico.
(4) Use of State Procedures.
When the plaintiff invokes a state procedure in order to attach or garnish under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e), the process of attachment or garnishment shall so state.