Such additional time shall not normally exceed an additional thirty days unless the assigned judge shall have filed a certification pursuant to Rule 7. All opinions of the court will be in writing. Top of Page Rule 4. The trial judge shall hold a scheduling conference within 60 days after the complaint is filed. If so, the court will establish a date and time for the scheduling conference and instruct the plaintiff to serve the notice of the scheduling conference on all parties.
Responses are due within twenty days after service of the interrogatories.
This number can be changed by agreement of the parties or court order. Any party may serve on any other party a request to produce and permit the party making the request, or someone acting on his or her behalf, to inspect and copy any designated documents, said request to be served within 60 days after the scheduling conference. The response to a document request must include production of the documents at that time for inspection and copying. Any party may serve on any other party a notice of up to four depositions to begin no sooner than seven days from service of the deposition notice and subsequent to the filing of all answers. Unless otherwise authorized by the court or agreed to by the parties, the actual examination of any deponent may not exceed 6 hours.