Federal practice allows thirty days from service for responses to interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission. The period runs from service, with additional days for certain service methods.
Extensions may be stipulated for most deadlines.
Alternative Names:
Response Deadline, Time to Respond to Discovery
Why it Matters?
Requests for admission carry the harshest consequence, since failure to respond deems the matters admitted rather than merely supporting a motion to compel. That distinction makes the admission deadline a separate calendaring priority. Objections are also waived if not timely raised, so a party unable to respond on time should obtain a stipulated extension rather than serving late responses and hoping the waiver goes unnoticed.
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