Also known as: FRCP 29 · Fed. R. Civ. P. 29
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A federal rule of civil procedure authorizing parties to stipulate to modifications of discovery procedures, including changes to response deadlines and the manner of conducting depositions or other discovery.
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Rhea Reynolds served interrogatories on Riverfront Developments seeking project timelines. The parties orally agreed to extend the response deadline by twenty days. Riverfront served its answers on day forty-seven. The court treated the responses as timely because the stipulation under Rule 29 validly modified the thirty-day period.
Ruby Rivera delivered Rule 34 requests to Redline Automotive after the Rule 26(f) conference. Counsel stipulated in writing to a forty-five-day response period. Redline produced documents on day forty-four. The responses satisfied the rule because the parties' stipulation under Rule 29 altered the default deadline.
Ryan Roberts served requests for admission on Rhapsody Entertainment. The parties stipulated to a sixty-day response window. Rhapsody served its answers on day fifty-eight. The matters were not deemed admitted because the Rule 29 stipulation extended the thirty-day period.
Raphael Rivera noticed a deposition of a corporate officer at Riverside Healthcare. Counsel stipulated under Rule 29 to conduct the deposition by videoconference and to extend the notice period by one week. The deposition proceeded without objection because the parties validly modified the procedural requirements.
Renata Russo and Raymond Ramos stipulated to a thirty-day extension for exchanging expert reports in a contract dispute. Both parties served their reports within the extended period. The court enforced the reports as timely because the Rule 29 stipulation controlled the deadline.
The rule text permits parties to stipulate to modified discovery deadlines. Courts generally require the stipulation to be documented to avoid disputes over whether an extension was granted.
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A court may order a different time period even when the parties have stipulated under Rule 29. The rule expressly preserves the court's authority to set or alter deadlines.
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A stipulation extending response time does not waive the right to object. Objections must still be stated with specificity and within the stipulated period to avoid waiver.
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…to the town square and sacrificed to the god Odin. (Tr. at 448.) The government then rested. (Tr. at 451.) Subject to making a Rule 29 motion, defendant rested without presenting evidence and then argued the motion outside the presence of the jury. (Tr. at 451-52, 456.) I reserved decision and submitted the case to the…