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Guide to Discovery: â–¡ Motion to Compel â–¡ A. What is a Motion to Compel? A Motion to Compel is a formal request to the Court to require a party or a non-party in a lawsuit to comply with a discovery request such as a request for production, request for admission, interrogatory, or subpoena.
A: In Florida, the time you have to respond to a motion to compel discovery or other motions generally depends on the specific rules of the court in which the motion was filed. However, as a general guideline, you typically have 20 days to respond to a motion in Florida's state courts.
The answering or objecting party may file a response to the motion to compel. The response must contain adequate justification for that party's objections, or argument showing why the party's answers to the discovery requests at issue were sufficient.
When a motion to compel discovery alleges a complete failure to respond or object to discovery, and there has been no request for extension, a county judge may enter an ex parte order requiring compliance with the original discovery demand within ten (10) days of entry of the order.
Prior to setting any matter on uniform motion calendar, the party or parties noticing the motion shall attempt to resolve the matter by direct communication with all parties, and shall also certify a good faith attempt to resolve or narrow the issues contained in the motion.
A party may move to compel if a deponent fails to answer a question, a corporation or other entity fails to designate a party to testify, a party fails to answer an interrogatory, or if a party in response to a request for inspection fails to respond that inspection will be permitted as requested or fails to permit ...
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