---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.222"
title: "43"
number: "30.222"
heading: "What happens if a party fails to comply with discovery?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.222"
---

# §30.222. What happens if a party fails to comply with discovery?

- (a) If a party fails to respond to a request for admission, the facts for which admission was requested will be deemed to be admitted, unless the judge finds good cause for the failure to respond.
- (b) If a party fails without good cause to comply with any other discovery under this part or any order issued, the judge may:
  - (1) Draw inferences with respect to the discovery request adverse to the claims of the party who has failed to comply with discovery or the order, or
  - (2) **Make any other ruling that the judge determines just and proper.**
- (c) **Failure to comply with discovery includes failure to—**
  - (1) Produce a document as requested;
  - (2) Appear for examination;
  - (3) Respond to interrogatories; or
  - (4) **Comply with an order of the judge.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.