IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In Re: )
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Pilot Program for E-Service in Pro Se )
Complaints Against the Delaware )
Department of Correction and/or its )
Current or Former Employees )
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At Wilmington this 2.'3 day 0 f \= t\,1\J '1 ' 20 I 5,
IT IS ORDERED that:
Pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding among this Court, the Delaware
Department of Correction, and the Delaware Department of Justice, a one-year pilot program,
beginning March 1, 2015, and effective for pro se complaints filed by individuals against the
Delaware Department of Correction and/or its current or former employees, service of the
complaint shall be done via electronic notification, namely via entry of an "Service Order"
through the Court's CM/ECF system. Once the Service Order is entered, the Delaware
Department of Correction and/or the Delaware Department of Justice will receive notice via
designated email account(s) and will be given a specified time to file a waiver of service
executed or a waiver of service unexecuted, and a specific time to answer or otherwise respond to
the complaint upon the filing of a waiver of service executed.
FOR THE COURT: ~
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CHIEF, UN ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE