(a) Responses and Objections. Unless otherwise provided in these rules or by order of the court, responses or objections to written motions shall be filed within 14 days after service of the motion.
(b) Replies. Replies to responses or objections shall be filed within 7 days after service of the response or objection.
(c) Motions Under RCFC 12(b), 12(c), 56 and 56.1. Responses to these motions shall be filed within 28 days after service of the motion and replies thereto within 14 days after service of the response.
(d) Leave of Court. If the subject filing is pursuant to leave of court on motion by a party, the time for any response shall run from the date of filing and not from the date of service.
(e) Cross-motions. Where the responding party files a cross-motion, it shall be contained in the same document as the response to the original motion; the response to the cross-motion shall be contained in the same document as the reply, subject to the page limitations in RCFC 5.2(b)(2). Where a cross-motion is filed, the parties shall have the same amount of time to respond and reply to the cross-motion as to an original motion.
(As added Sept. 15, 2003; amended Aug. 2, 2005.)
RCFC 7.2 has no FRCP counterpart. The rule formerly appeared in these rules as RCFC 83.2 and, following the court's May 1, 2002, revision of its rules, as RCFC 7.1. The first renumbering of the rule (from RCFC 83.2 to RCFC 7.1) was intended to reflect its more logical placement in the organizational structure of the court's rules; the second renumbering (from RCFC 7.1 to RCFC 7.2) accommodates the court's adoption of FRCP 7.1 effective December 1, 2002, and preserves the consistency in numbering systems between the court's rules and the FRCP.