STATE OF MAINE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER JB-05-402

 

HOURS OF OPERATION

 

Effective: August 1, 2005

 

 

         The normal business hours in all Maine State courthouses and Judicial Branch facilities shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  See  M. R. Civ. P. 5(g)(1).

 

         All business requiring the attention of the clerks’ offices must be presented before 4:00 p.m.  Motions, appeals, or other time-sensitive matters must be received by 4:00 p.m. in order to be docketed as filed on that date, unless otherwise ordered by the court.

 

         Judicial Branch offices, including clerks’ offices, will be closed on weekends and legal holidays.  The Chief Justice, the Trial Court Chiefs, and authorized court administrators may alter the normal business hours as necessary to respond to weather emergencies and staffing availability.  In addition, when the circumstances so warrant, the Supreme Judicial Court may alter the normal business hours in individual locations or statewide.

 

For the Court,

 

 

 

                                                                                                                    

Leigh I. Saufley

Chief Justice

 

Promulgation Date: June 29, 2005

 

Historical Derivation of JB-05-4

 

Hours Of Operation

AO, JB-04-3, Effective: October 4, 2004, Dated: September 14, 2004

Signed by: Leigh I. Saufley, Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

 

Notice To All Persons Filing Documents With The Portland Courts

Dated: May 20, 1996

Signed by the Clerks of Court: James Chute, Supreme Judicial Court; Diane Harvey, Administrative Court; Lucille Lepitre, Superior Court; Debra Nowak, District Court