32 C.F.R. § 257.5
Responsibilities
The following responsibilities may not be redelegated:
(a) The General Counsel, Department of Defense, shall accept service of process for the OSD.
(b) The Secretary of the Army, or his designee, the Chief, Litigation Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Army.
(c) The Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, the General Counsel, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Navy.
(d) The Secretary of the Air Force, or his designee, the Chief, General Litigation Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Air Force.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2024 · leading case: Minnie M. Honeycutt v. John E. Long, Major Gen. Commander, Army & Air Force Exch. Serv., 861 F.2d 1346 (5th Cir. 1988).
Minnie M. Honeycutt v. John E. Long, Major Gen. Commander, Army & Air Force Exch. Serv., 861 F.2d 1346 (5th Cir. 1988). “1980) (the court found a sufficient identity between the sheriff and the sheriff department to impute notice).”
Dodson v. US Army Fin. & Acct. Ctr., 636 F. Supp. 894 (S.D. Ind. 1986). “32 C.F.R. § 257.5 (1984). The plaintiff actually sent the summons and complaint to “Commander, U.”
Garrison v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 1469 (D. Nev. 1988). “32 C.F.R. § 257.5 (d) (1984). Garrison sent copies of the summons and complaint to, inter alia, the “Department of the Air Force, c/o Department of Defense, Washington, D.”
Ellis v. Bd. for Corr. of Naval Records (S.D. Ohio 2024). “See 32 C.F.R. § 257.5 (c) (“The Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, the General Counsel, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Navy.”
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