A party may serve on any other party no more than 25 written interrogatories, including all discrete subparts. These local civil rules shall govern civil actions and proceedings before the United.The amended rule provides that discovery materials and disclosures under Rule 26(a)(1) and (a)(2) must not be filed until they are "used in the proceeding. Once a summons and complaint has been served on your client, you have 30 days to file an answer in state court and 21 days for federal court. On request, the clerk shall deliver the summons to the plaintiff for transmission to the person or the foreign court or officer who will make the service. Once a summons and complaint has been served on your client, you have 30 days to file an answer in state court and 21 days for federal court. Improvidently granted, 339 N.C. 734, 455 S.E.2d 155. (1995). Federal Rule 33(b)(4) emphasizes that the "grounds for objecting to an interrogatory must be stated with specificity.