to Persons or Entities Within Them. Any party requesting that the Clerk of
Court mail a summons, complaint, or other documents under F.R.Civ.P.
4(f)(2)(C)(ii) or comparable statute or rule must file such request in the
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docket of the case in which service is sought. The request must identify the
federal rule, statute, or other authority that authorizes the Clerk to effect
service by mail and must include a declaration demonstrating that the filer
has determined that service by mail is not prohibited by the law of the
foreign country. The request must be electronically filed unless the filer is
exempt under L.R. 5-4.2(a). An additional copy of the request must be
brought or mailed to the Clerk’s Office together with copies of the
documents to be served, in a form proper for service under the applicable
rule or statute, with a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person or
entity upon whom service is sought, return receipt requested. After mailing
the documents, the Clerk must file proof of mailing in the docket of the case;
if the signed receipt is returned by the postal service to the Clerk’s Office,
the Clerk must file the returned receipt in the docket of the case as well. The
mailing of documents by the Clerk under this rule does not constitute a
judicial determination that service by mail is authorized, appropriate, or
effective.
