REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION.

(a) Unless the court orders otherwise or it is stipulated by the parties to an action exempted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B) or by order obtained under LR 7026(b)(1), after commencement of the action, any party may serve a request for admission on any other party. A defendant in an adversary proceeding is required to serve answers or objections to requests for admissions no sooner than forty-five (45) days after service of the summons and complaint. (b) Requests for admission may be served under Fed. R. Civ. P. 36 without leave of court unless a party in an adversary proceeding seeks to request admission before the parties confer in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). 54 | P a g e U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Nevada LR 7037.

DISCOVERY MOTIONS.

(a) Parties are required to meet and confer regarding any discovery dispute before seeking court intervention. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute without court intervention, the parties are required to follow the assigned Judge’s procedure for resolving the dispute. Each individual Judge’s procedure for the resolution of discovery disputes can be found on the court’s website. (b) All motions to compel discovery or for protective orders must, in addition to the discovery being sought or enjoined in the motion, set forth in full the text of the discovery originally sought or enjoined and the response made to it, if any, and comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), as adopted by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7026.

(c) Any attorney or party appearing pro se may make written application to, or, where time does not permit, may telephone the court, to request judicial assistance in resolving an emergency discovery dispute. The attorney or party seeking emergency relief must endorse on the face of any written application the words, “Request for Emergency Relief” and also obtain an Order Shortening Time pursuant to LR 9006.