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Pagination Table: RULES1

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RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

ployee of the United States sued in an individual
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Rule 5. Serving and ﬁling pleadings and other papers.
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(d) Filing; certiﬁcate of service.—All papers after the
complaint required to be served upon a party, together with
a certiﬁcate of service, must be ﬁled with the court within
a reasonable time after service, but disclosures under Rule
26(a)(1) or (2) and the following discovery requests and re-
sponses must not be ﬁled until they are used in the proceed-
ing or the court orders ﬁling: (i) depositions, (ii) interrogato-
ries, (iii) requests for documents or to permit entry upon
land, and (iv) requests for admission.
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Rule 12. Defenses and objections—when and how pre-
sented—by pleading or motion—motion for judgment
on the pleadings.

(a) When presented.

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(3)(A) The United States, an agency of the United
States, or an ofﬁcer or employee of the United States
sued in an ofﬁcial capacity, shall serve an answer to the
complaint or cross-claim—or a reply to a counterclaim—
within 60 days after the United States attorney is
served with the pleading asserting the claim.

(B) An ofﬁcer or employee of the United States sued
in an individual capacity for acts or omissions occurring
in connection with the performance of duties on behalf
of the United States shall serve an answer to the com-
plaint or cross-claim—or a reply to a counterclaim—
within 60 days after service on the ofﬁcer or employee,
or service on the United States attorney, whichever is
later.
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