(a) Answer. Defendant(s) shall file an answer or present other defenses or objections
available under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure within the time frame established by
Rule 81(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If such answer has previously been filed
in State Court, it shall be refiled separately from other State Court pleadings and captioned
“Answer.”
(b) Refiling Motions. If a motion is pending and undecided in the state court at the time of
removal, it will not be considered unless and until the moving party refiles the motion with
this court. Each motion must be filed separately on this court’s docket. Any objection or
other response must be filed by the nonmoving party separate from other pleadings and in
accordance with Rule 7.1.
(c) Certified Copy of State Court Record. The removing party shall file with the clerk’s
office a certified or attested copy of the state court record within fourteen (14) days of the
filing of the notice of removal.
(d) Remand. Whenever the court remands an action to state court, the clerk’s office shall
send a certified copy of the remand order and docket entries to the state court clerk’s office.
Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the clerk’s office shall delay the transmittal of a
certified remand order to state court for thirty (30) days. Any motion to stay the order of
remand must be filed prior to or at the same time as a notice of appeal. The parties may file an
assented to motion if they agree to the immediate transmittal of the certified remand order to
state court.
(§§ (a), (b), and (c) amended 1/1/97; § (b) amended 1/1/98; § (a) amended 1/1/06; §§ (a) and (c)
amended 12/1/09; § (a) amended 12/1/15; § (b) amended 12/1/17; § (d) amended 12/1/23)
