U.S. Marshals Can Serve Civil Process and Transport Prisoners More Efficiently

摘要

U.S. marshals are responsible for serving judicial process and moving Federal prisoners. These duties can be accomplished at less cost to the Government if (1) the Congress revises legislation to permit marshals to recover the cost of serving process for private litigants; (2) the Judicial Conference of the United States develops judicial procedural rules which would provide that marshals serve civil process only when required by law or deemed necessary by the courts and which would give all districts the option of using certified mail to routinely serve civil summonses; and (3) the Attorney General makes better use of the cost effective National Prisoner Transportation System.