A. Electronic Form. Any party may, pursuant to Rule 36 of the Fed. R. Civ. P.,
serve upon any other party requests for admission in Writable Electronic Form
(as defined in LCvR 33.B) and require that written answers thereto also be
provided in electronic form. Upon request by any party, requests for admission
must be served upon the requesting party in Writable Electronic Form. Unless
the serving party specifically requests that the written answers be provided in
hard-copy form, the responding party shall provide the written answers to such
requests for admission in electronic form. Any party responding in electronic
form to requests for admission may serve such written response in a form which
may not be altered.
B. Hard Copy Form. In the event that the parties elect not to use the electronic
form for requests for admission or written responses thereto, requests for
admission shall be prepared in such a fashion that sufficient space for insertion
of the written responses thereto is provided after each request or sub-section
thereof. The original and two (2) copies shall be served upon the party to whom
such request for admission is directed. The responding party shall insert written
answers on the original request for admission served upon him or her and shall
retain the original and be the custodian of it. If there is not sufficient space on the
original for insertion of written responses, the responding party may use and
attach supplemental pages for the written responses. In lieu of the foregoing
procedure, the responding party may retype each request with the written
response to each such request appearing immediately thereafter.
November 1, 2016 Local Rules of Court
Western District of Pennsylvania
