Document Production

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Rule Set: Local Rules of Procedure of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Rule: 34.1

Jurisdiction: SDWV

Bluebook Citation: S.D. W. Va. L.R. 34.1

All Rules: S.D. W. Va. Local Rules, complete index


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(a) Form of Response. Each answer, statement, or objection shall be preceded by the request to which it responds. (b) Objections to Document Requests. (1) When an objection is made to any document request or sub-part, it shall state with specificity all grounds for the objection.

Any ground not stated in an objection within the time provided by the FR Civ P 34, or within any extensions of time, is waived. (2) No part of a document request shall be left unanswered because an objection was interposed to another part of the document request. (c) Answers to Document Requests Following Objections. When it is ordered that document requests to which objections were made must be answered, the answers shall be served within 14 days of the order, unless the court directs or the parties stipulate otherwise.

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