Local Rule LCvR 36: SERVING AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION IN ELECTRONIC FORM

LCvR 36 SERVING AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION IN ELECTRONIC FORM A. Electronic Form. Any party may, pursuant to Rule 36 of the Fed. R. Civ. P., serve upon any other party requests for admission in Writable Electronic Form (as defined in LCvR 33.B) and require that written answers thereto also be provided in electronic form. Upon request by any party, requests for admission must be served upon the requesting party in Writable Electronic Form. Unless the serving party specifically requests that the written answers be provided in hard-copy form, the responding party shall provide the written answers to such requests for admission in electronic form. Any party responding in electronic form to requests for admission may serve such written response in a form which may not be altered.

B. Hard Copy Form. In the event that the parties elect not to use the electronic form for requests for admission or written responses thereto, requests for admission shall be prepared in such a fashion that sufficient space for insertion of the written responses thereto is provided after each request or sub-section thereof. The original and two (2) copies shall be served upon the party to whom such request for admission is directed. The responding party shall insert written answers on the original request for admission served upon him or her and shall retain the original and be the custodian of it. If there is not sufficient space on the original for insertion of written responses, the responding party may use and attach supplemental pages for the written responses. In lieu of the foregoing procedure, the responding party may retype each request with the written response to each such request appearing immediately thereafter.