Local Rule RULE 7036-1: REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION
Bankr. D. Mass. — Civil rule
RULE 7036-1. REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION
(a) (aNumber of Requests for Admission A party may proffer no more than twenty-five (25) requests for admission, which number will include all discrete subparts, to another party without leave of Court.
(b) Form of Response
(1) Answers and objections in response to requests for admission served pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7036 shall be made in the order of the requests for admission.
(2) Each answer, statement, or objection shall be preceded by the request for admission to which it responds.
(3) Each objection and the grounds for the objection shall be stated separately.
(b) Provisions of MLBR 9013-1 Applicable to Objections The provisions of MLBR 9013 1(e) shall be applicable to any motions relating to objections to requests for admission.
(c) Statements in Response to Requests for Admission After Objection When there is an objection to a request for admission and it is subsequently determined that the request is proper, the matter for which admission is requested shall be deemed admitted, unless within fourteen (14) days after entry of an order making such determination, or such other period as the Court directs, the party to whom the request was directed serves a statement denying the matter or setting forth the reasons why the matter cannot be admitted or denied, as provided in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7036.