AUGUSTA — The resentencing of Jason Servil, a Massachusetts man convicted of the 2022 murder of a 20-year-old Skowhegan woman, was delayed Monday because paperwork was not completed on time.

Servil, who is incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren, had appealed his 45-year murder sentence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court earlier this year and won. The sentencing judge, Chief Justice Robert E. Mullen, improperly considered the victim’s obituary in his sentencing process and “appeared less than impartial,” the law court said.

Servil was expected to be resentenced Monday.

But about an hour after Servil’s resentencing hearing was scheduled to begin, Superior Court Justice Jeffery Hjelm told gathered family members and friends of the victim, Alice Abbott, that administrative errors prevented Servil from being transported to the court.

“In order to get somebody from location A to location B, there has to be some paperwork that needs to be issued, called a writ of habeas corpus,” Hjelm said. “And that order did not go out.”

Hjelm apologized for the administrative shortfall, and acknowledged some family members traveled from out-of-state to be at the hearing.

At Servil’s last sentencing hearing, in April 2024, Clifford Warren, Abbot’s brother, attacked Servil after jumping over the bar. Warren was subdued using a stun gun and escorted away in handcuffs.

The rescheduled hearing is scheduled to take place Feb. 17 at the Capitol Judicial Center.