Local Rule Rule 33.1: FORMAT AND SERVICE OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS

Rule 33.1 FORMAT AND SERVICE OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS The party serving interrogatories, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33, requests for production of documents or things, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, or requests for admission, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 36, shall provide a copy of the discovery request(s) to the responding party in an electronic form sufficient to avoid the necessity of re-typing each interrogatory or request. The party answering, responding or objecting to written interrogatories, requests for production of documents or things, or requests for admission shall quote each such interrogatory or request in full immediately preceding the statement of any answer, response or objection thereto. The parties shall also number each interrogatory, request, answer, response or objection sequentially, regardless of the number of sets of interrogatories or requests.

The requirement to submit in an electronic form shall not apply to pro se litigants.