(a) Agreement Without Court Order.
Parties may agree to extend the time to respond to a discovery request without
court approval, unless:
(1) the time originally prescribed to respond has expired; or
(2) the extension modifies or interferes with:
(A) a deadline established by the case scheduling order;
(B) a filing deadline established by the court, the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, or these Local Rules;
(C) a court-scheduled conference;
(D) a deadline for filing a proposed pretrial order;
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(E) a trial date; or
(F) any other deadline referenced in Fed. R. Civ. P. 29(b).
(b) Court Order Required.
If the circumstances in section 29-1(a)(1) or (2) are present, the parties must
obtain court approval to extend the discovery response deadline by filing a
stipulated motion and proposed order.
