On September 24, 2025, Chief Judge Lance Walker issued a general order (attached) restricting electronic access to sealed and restricted documents effective immediately. Sealed and restricted documents will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under existing procedures, but sealed and restricted documents filed in CM/ECF will no longer be accessible or viewable electronically. A party with the right to access a sealed or restricted document can still request a paper copy by contacting the Clerk’s Office. Because sealed and restricted documents filed in CM/ECF will no longer be accessible or viewable electronically, service cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Parties will now have to serve sealed and restricted documents by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Procedure. The Court will serve sealed documents that it issues itself, in paper by mail. For more information and a copy of the general order, visit www.med.uscourts.gov.
You can contact the Clerk’s Office with questions by phone at 207-780-3356 for Portland and at 207-945-0575 for Bangor.
