In federal practice, service on an individual may be accomplished by delivering process to:

• A. Only the defendant personally, never to a third party.
• B. A person of suitable age at the defendant's dwelling or usual place of abode, or at the defendant's workplace by someone authorized to receive service.
• C. A postal mail service only.
• D. A public posting in the courthouse only.

Answer: (B)

In federal practice, serving an individual can be done by delivering the process to the person personally, or by leaving a copy at the person’s dwelling or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age who resides there, or by delivering to the person’s workplace to someone authorized to receive it. This reflects the standard methods allowed under Rule 4(e), which lets you either personally serve, serve at the defendant’s home with a proper recipient, or serve a designated agent (including someone at the workplace) who is authorized to accept service. Service by postal mail alone isn’t universally valid unless a state-law method permits it, and public posting at a courthouse isn’t proper service. The option that describes delivering to someone at the defendant’s home or workplace who is authorized to receive serves as the best match to the federal rules.