Local Rule 36.1: ADMISSIONS
D. Mass. — Civil rule
RULE 36.1 ADMISSIONS
(a) Requests for Admission--Form of Response.
(1) Statements and objections in response to requests for admission served pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 36 shall be made in the order of the requests for admission propounded.
(2) Each answer, statement, or objection shall be preceded by the request for admission to which it responds.
(3) Each objection and the grounds therefor shall be stated separately.
(b) Statements in Response to Requests for Admission Following Objections. When there is objection to a request for admission and it is subsequently determined that the request is proper, the matter, the admission of which is requested, shall be deemed admitted unless within 14 days after such determination such party to whom the request was directed serves a statement denying the matter or setting forth the reasons why that party cannot admit or deny the matter, as provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 36.
Adopted effective October 1, 1992; amended effective January 2, 1995; December 1, 2009.