(a) Separate statement required Except as provided in (b), any motion involving the content of a discovery request or the responses to such a request must be accompanied by a separate statement. The motions that require a separate statement include a motion: (1) To compel further responses to requests for admission; (2) To compel further responses to interrogatories; (3) To compel further responses to a demand for inspection of documents or tangible things; (4) To compel answers at a deposition;

(a) Sanctions despite no opposition The court may award sanctions under the Discovery Act in favor of a party who files a motion to compel discovery, even though no opposition to the motion was filed, or opposition to the motion was withdrawn, or the requested discovery was provided to the moving party after the motion was filed. (b) Failure to oppose not an admission The failure to file a written opposition or to appear at a hearing or the voluntary provision of discovery shall not be deemed an

(a)Permissive electronic filing by local rule A court may permit parties by local rule to file documents electronically in any types of cases subject to the conditions in Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6, Penal Code section 690.5, and the rules in this chapter. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2022; adopted effective July 1, 2013; previously amended effective January 1, 2018.) (b)Mandatory electronic filing by local rule A court may require parties by local rule to electronically file