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Date/Time: 08-17-01 13:25:22
Job: 529RUL

Unit: U3CV

Pagination Table: RULES1

AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES
OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Rule 4. Summons.

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(i) Serving the United States, its agencies, corporations,

ofﬁcers, or employees.

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(2)(A) Service on an agency or corporation of the
United States, or an ofﬁcer or employee of the United
States sued only in an ofﬁcial capacity, is effected by
serving the United States in the manner prescribed by
Rule 4(i)(1) and by also sending a copy of the summons
and complaint by registered or certiﬁed mail to the ofﬁ-
cer, employee, agency, or corporation.

(B) Service on an ofﬁcer or employee of the United
States sued in an individual capacity for acts or omis-
sions occurring in connection with the performance of
duties on behalf of the United States—whether or not
the ofﬁcer or employee is sued also in an ofﬁcial capac-
ity—is effected by serving the United States in the man-
ner prescribed by Rule 4(i)(1) and by serving the ofﬁcer
or employee in the manner prescribed by Rule 4(e), (f),
or (g).

(3) The court shall allow a reasonable time to serve
process under Rule 4(i) for the purpose of curing the
failure to serve:

(A) all persons required to be served in an action gov-
erned by Rule 4(i)(2)(A), if the plaintiff has served either
the United States attorney or the Attorney General of
the United States, or

(B) the United States in an action governed by Rule
4(i)(2)(B), if the plaintiff has served an ofﬁcer or em-

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