(a)      Discovery.

(1)      Local Rule 7030-1 and subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Local Rule 7026-1 apply in a contested matter.

(2)      The time under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(A) to respond to a request under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a) in a contested matter is shortened to 14 days after service of the request.

(b)     Judicial Settlement Conference. Local Rule 7016-1 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c)(2)(I) apply in a contested matter in which the parties select a settlement judge under Local Rule 9019-2(c) to conduct a judicial settlement conference.