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Unit: U3CV

Pagination Table: RULES1

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RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Rule E. Actions in rem and quasi in rem: general

provisions.
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(3) Process.

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(a) In admiralty and maritime proceedings process in
rem or of maritime attachment and garnishment may be
served only within the district.

(b) In forfeiture cases process in rem may be served
within the district or outside the district when author-
ized by statute.

(c) Issuance and delivery.—Issuance and delivery of
process in rem, or of maritime attachment and garnish-
ment, shall be held in abeyance if the plaintiff so
requests.
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(7) Security on counterclaim.

(a) When a person who has given security for dam-
ages in the original action asserts a counterclaim that
arises from the transaction or occurrence that is the sub-
ject of the original action, a plaintiff for whose beneﬁt
the security has been given must give security for dam-
ages demanded in the counterclaim unless the court, for
cause shown, directs otherwise. Proceedings on the
original claim must be stayed until this security is given,
unless the court directs otherwise.

(b) The plaintiff is required to give security under
Rule E(7)(a) when the United States or its corporate
instrumentality counterclaims and would have been re-
quired to give security to respond in damages if a pri-
vate party but is relieved by law from giving security.

(8) Restricted appearance.—An appearance to defend
against an admiralty and maritime claim with respect to
which there has issued process in rem, or process of attach-
ment and garnishment, may be expressly restricted to the
defense of such claim, and in that event is not an appearance