Rules for Answering Court Interrogatories. The following rules shall be adhered

to in responding to the foregoing interrogatories and completing the Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) report: (A) Only a signature by counsel is required if the party is represented; no party verification is required. (B) Each interrogatory shall be set forth immediately prior to the answer thereto. (C) Answers shall identify all attorneys representing a party by full name, district court identification number, firm name, mailing address, telephone, facsimile number, and e-mail address. 14 This information is required in addition to completion of the “related cases” block on the JS44 Civil Cover Sheet.

Although the civil cover sheet requires only that parties disclose pending related cases, this interrogatory and this district’s assignment procedures require disclosure of any prior or pending related case whether civil or criminal. Therefore, both categories should be disclosed in response to this interrogatory as well as on the JS44 Civil Cover Sheet. 25 (D) In the event any question cannot be fully answered after the exercise of reasonable diligence, the party shall furnish as complete an answer as possible and shall supplement as soon as is feasible. (E) Responses pursuant to Local Civ. Rules 26.01, 26.03 (D.S.C.) may be relied on and used in the same manner as discovery responses obtained under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(F) The provisions of Local Civ. Rules 26.01, 26.03 (D.S.C.) shall not apply, absent order to the contrary, in actions exempted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B) from the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) and (f).