Case 1:00-mc-00308 Document 81 Filed 12/12/18 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
INRE: *
SERVICE OF RULE 68 * MISe. NO. 00-308
OFFERS OF JUDGMENT *
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STANDING ORDER 2018-08
Offers of judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 may be made by service upon an opposing
party but are only filed with the Court after acceptance or as evidence in a proceeding to
determine costs. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b) was recently amended to provide for service by sending a
paper to a registered user by filing it with the Court's electronic filing system, effective
December 1, 2018. [n order to clarify the appropriate procedures regarding offers of judgment
under Fed. R. Civ. P. 68, it is hereby
ORDERED by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland that,
notwithstanding Fed. R. Civ. P 5(b)(2)(E), service of offers of judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 68
may not be made by filing such offers with the Court's electronic filing system; and it is further
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 68, only accepted offers may be filed with
the Court. Evidence of an unaccepted offer is not admissible except in a proceeding to determine
costs.
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James K. Bredar, Chief Judge
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