D.S.C. Local Civ. Rule 26.01

Answers to the interrogatories set

out below are used for purposes of assigning cases and shall be filed with the court and served on

all parties at the time a party first appears. In removed cases, the removing defendant shall file

these responses with the removal papers. All other parties shall file responses no later than

fourteen (14) days after service of the notice of removal. If a party fails to file the required

responses on time, the clerk of court shall draw the requirement to the attention of the party (or

counsel) and allow fourteen (14) days to file responses. The clerk of court shall have the

authority to extend the time for responding. Absent order to the contrary, categories of actions

listed in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B) are exempt from the requirements of this rule. Compliance

with this rule satisfies the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1. The following information is

required:

(A) State the full name, address, and telephone number of all persons or legal

entities who may have a subrogation interest in each claim and state the

basis and extent of that interest.

(B) As to each claim, state whether it should be tried jury or nonjury and why.

(C) State whether the party submitting these responses is a publicly owned

company and separately identify (1) any parent corporation and any publicly

held corporation owning ten percent (10%) or more of the party’s stock; (2)

each publicly owned company of which it is a parent; and (3) each publicly

owned company in which the party owns ten percent (10%) or more of the

outstanding shares.

(D) State the basis for asserting the claim in the division in which it was filed (or

the basis of any challenge to the appropriateness of the division). See Local

Civ. Rule 3.01 (D.S.C.).

(E) Is this action related in whole or in part to any other matter filed in this

district, whether civil or criminal? If so, provide (1) a short caption and the

full case number of the related action; (2) an explanation of how the matters

are related; and (3) a statement of the status of the related action. Counsel

should disclose any cases that may be related regardless of whether they are

still pending. Whether cases are related such that they should be assigned

to a single judge will be determined by the clerk of court based on a

determination of whether the cases arise from the same or identical

transactions, happenings, or events; involve the identical parties or property;

or for any other reason would entail substantial duplication of labor if heard

by different judges.14

(F) [Defendants only.] If the defendant is improperly identified, give the proper

identification and state whether counsel will accept service of an amended

summons and pleading reflecting the correct identification.

(G) [Defendants only.] If you contend that some other person or legal entity is,

in whole or in part, liable to you or the party asserting a claim against you in

this matter, identify such person or entity and describe the basis of their

liability.

(H) Parties or Intervenors in a Diversity Case. In an action in which

jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), a party or

intervenor must, unless the court orders otherwise, name – and identify the

citizenship of – every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to

that party or intervenor. This response must be supplemented when any

later event occurs that could affect the court’s jurisdiction under § 1332(a).