Beker Industries Corp. v. United States

Opinion

Restani, Judge:

Plaintiff has filed a motion under Rule 36(a) of the United States Court of International Trade to compel responses to plaintiffs requests for admissions made pursuant to the same rule. Defendants oppose the motion on the grounds that discovery is not permitted in actions based on review of administrative records.

As the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania observed in a case involving the corresponding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, “The purpose of requests for admissions is not necessarily to obtain information but to narrow the issue…