Local Rule 26.1: Form of Discovery Requests
D.N.M. — Civil rule
26.1 Form of Discovery Requests.
(a) Requirements of Serving Party.
(1) Space to Respond. When a party serves discovery requests (interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admissions) upon any other party electronically, such discovery requests must be in a form that allows the recipient to copy or transfer the text of the document into the written response, or permits the written response to be typed directly into the document, and thus avoids the need to retype the text. If the serving party elects not to use the electronic form, the discovery requests must be prepared in such a fashion that sufficient space for insertion of the written responses is provided after each interrogatory/request or sub-part thereof.
(2) Numbering. Regardless of the number of sets, a party must sequentially number all interrogatories, requests for production, or requests for admissions. For example, the first set of interrogatories is numbered 1-10; the same party's second set of interrogatories is numbered 11-20, etc.
(b) Requirements of Responding Party. The party answering, responding or objecting to a discovery request must either set forth the answer, response or objection in the space provided or quote fully each interrogatory or request before any answer, response or objection.