I. SCOPE OF RULES ONE FORM OF
ACTION
Rule 4(a) Summons : Issuance
Rule
4(b) Same. Form
Rule
4(c) By Whom Served
Rule 4(d)
Summons and Complaint: Personal Service and Service by Mail
Rule 4(e)
Same: Service Upon Party not Inhabitant or Found Within State
Rule 4(f)
Territorial Limits of Effective Service
Rule 4(g)
Return
Rule 4(h)
Amendment
Rule 4(i)
Alternative Provisions for Service in a Foreign Country
Rule 4(j)
Summons: Time Limit for Service
Rule 5(a)
Service: When Required
Rule 5(b)
Same: How Made
Rule 5(c)
Same:Numerous Defendants
Rule 5(d)
Filing
Rule 5(e)
Filing with the Court Defined
Rule 6(a) Computation
Rule 6(b)
Enlargement
Rule 6(c)
Vacant
Rule
6(d) For Motions-Affidavits
Rule 6(e)
Additional Time After Service by Mail
Rule 7(a)
Pleadings
Rule 7(b)
Motions and Other Papers
Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
Rule 8(a)
Claims for Relief
Rule 8(b)
Defenses; Form of Denials
Rule 8(c)
Affirmative Defenses
Rule 8(d)
Effect of Failure to Deny
Rule 8(e)
Pleadings to be Concise and Direct Consistency
Rule
8(f) Construction of Pleadings
Rule
9(a) Capacity
Rule 9(b)
Fraud, Mistake, Condition of the Mind
Rule 9(c)
Conditions Precedent
Rule 9(d)
Official Document or Act
Rule 9(e)
Judgment
Rule
9(f) Time and Place
Rule 9(g)
Special Damage
Rule 9(h)
Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Rule
10(a) Caption: Name of Parties
Rule
10(b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements
Rule
10(c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits
Rule 12(a)
When Presented
Rule 12(b)
How Presented
Rule 12(c)
Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
Rule 12(d)
Preliminary Hearings
Rule 12(e)
Motion for More Definite Statement
Rule 12(f)
Motion to Strike
Rule 12(g)
Consolidation of Defenses in Motion
Rule 12(h)
Waiver or Preservation of Certain Defenses
Rule 13(a)
Compulsory Counterclaims
Rule 13(b)
Permissive Counterclaims
Rule 13(c)
Counterclaim Exceeding Opposing Claim
Rule 13(d)
Counterclaim Against the FSM
Rule 13(e)
Counterclaim Maturing or Acquired After Pleading
Rule 13(f)
Omitted Counterclaim
Rule 13(g)
Cross Claim Against Co-Party
Rule 13(h)
Joinder of Additional Parties
Rule 13(i)
Separate Trials; Separate Judgments
Rule
14(a) When Defendant May Bring in Third Party
Rule
14(b) When Plaintiff May Bring in Third Party
Rule
14(c) Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Rule
15(a) Amendments
Rule
15(b) Amendments to Conform to the Evidence
Rule
15(c) Relation Back of Amendments
Rule
15(d) Supplemental Pleadings
Rule
17(a) Real Party in Interest
Rule
17(b) Infants or Incompetent Persons
Rule
18(a) Joinder of Claims
Rule
18(b) Joinder of Remedies; Fraudulent Conveyances
Rule
19(a) Persons to be Joined if Feasible
Rule
19(b) Determination by Court Whenever Joinder not Feasible
Rule
19(c) Pleading Reasons for Non joinder
Rule
19(d) Exception of Class Action
Rule
20(a) Permissive Joinder
Rule
20(b) Separate Trials
Rule
23(a) Prerequisites to a Class Action
Rule
23(b) Class Actions Maintainable
Rule 23(c) Determination by Order Whether Class Action to be
Maintained; Notice; Judgment; Actions Conducted Partially
as
Class Actions
Rule
23(d) Orders in Conduct of Actions
Rule
23(e) Dismissal or Compromise
Rule
24(a) Intervention of Right
Rule
24(b) Permissive Intervention
Rule
24(c) Procedure
Rule
25(a) Death
Rule
25(b) Incompetency
Rule
25(c) Transfer of Interest
Rule 25(d)
Public Officers; Death or Separation From Office
Rule
26(a) Discovery Methods
Rule
26(b) Scope of Discovery
(1) In General
(2) Insurance Agreements
(3) Trial Preparation; Materials
(4) Trial Preparation; Experts
Rule
26(c) Protective Orders
Rule
26(d) Sequence and Timing of Discovery
Rule
26(e) Supplementation of Responses
Rule
26(f) Discovery Conference
Rule
27(a) Before Action
(1) Petition
(2) Notice of Service
(3) Order and Examination
(4) Use of Deposition
Rule
27(b) Pending Appeal
Rule
27(c) Perpetuation by Action
Rule 28(a) Within the State of Pohnpei
Rule
28(b) In Other States or Foreign Countries
Rule
28(c) Disqualification for Interest
Rule
30(a) When Depositions May Be Taken
Rule 30(b) Notice of
Examination; General Requirements; Special Notice;
Non Stenographic Recording; Production of Documents and
Things; Deposition of Organization
Rule 30(c) Examination and Cross Examination Record of Examination;
Oath; Objections
Rule
30(d) Motion to Terminate or Limit Examination
Rule
30(e) Submission to Witness; Changes; Signing
Rule 30(f) Certification and filing by officer; Exhibits; Copies; Notice of
Filing
Rule
30(g) Failure to Attend or to Serve Subpoena; Expenses
Rule
31(a) Serving Questions; Notice
Rule
31(b) Officer to Take Responses and Prepare Record
Rule
31(c) Notice of Filing
Rule
32(a) Use of Depositions
Rule
32(b) Objections to Admissibility
Rule
32(c) Vacant
Rule
32(d) Effect of Errors and Irregularities in Depositions
(1) As to Notice
(2) As to Disqualification of Officer
(3) As to taking of Deposition
(4) As to Completion and Return of Deposition
Rule
33(a) Availability; Procedures for Use
Rule
33(b) Scope; Use at Trial
Rule
33(c) Option to Produce Business Records
Rule
34(a) Scope
Rule
34(b) Procedure
Rule
34(c) Persons not Parties
Rule
35(a) Order for Examination
Rule 35(b) Report for Examining Physician or Medical Officer
Rule
36(a) Request for Admission
Rule
36(b) Effect of Admission
Rule
37(a) Motion for Order Compelling Discovery
(1) Appropriate Court
(2) Motion
(3) Evasive or Incomplete Answer
(4) Award of Expenses of Motion
Rule
37(b) Failure to Comply with Order
(1) Sanctions by Court in State Where Deposition is Taken
(2) Sanctions by Court in Which Action is Pending
Rule
37(c) Expenses on Failure to Admit
Rule 37(d) Failure of Party to Attend at Own Deposition or Serve Answers
to Interrogatories or Respond to Request for Inspection
Rule
37(e) Vacant
Rule 37(f)
Expenses Against the Ponape State Government
Rule 37(g)
Failure to Participate in the Framing of a Discovery Plan
Rule 39(a) Order to Trial
Rule 39(b) Examination of Witnesses
Rule 39(c) Adjournment
Rule
41(a) Voluntary Dismissal: Effect thereof
(1) By Plaintiff; By stipulation
(2) By Order of Court
Rule
41(b) Involuntary Dismissal
Rule 41(c)
Dismissal of Counterclaim, Cross claim, or Third Party Claim
Rule 41(d)
Costs of Previously-Dismissed Action
Rule
42(a) Consolidation
Rule
42(b) Separate Trials
Rule
43(a) Form
Rule
43(b) Affirmation in Lieu of Oath
Rule
43(c) Evidence on Motions
Rule 43(d)
Interpreters
Rule
44(a) Authentication
(1) Domestic
(2) Foreign
Rule
44(b) Lack of Record
Rule
44(c) Other Proof
Rule 45(a)
For Attendance of Witnesses; Form Issuance
Rule 45(b)
For Production of Documentary Evidence
Rule 45(c)
Service
Rule 45(d)
Subpoena for Taking Depositions; Place of Examination
Rule
47(a) In all Actions Tried Upon the Facts
Rule
47(b) Amendments
Rule
48(a) Appointment and Compensations
Rule
48(b) Reference
Rule
48(c) Powers
Rule
48(d) Proceedings
(1) Meetings
(2) Witnesses
(3) Statement of Accounts
Rule
48(e) Report
(1) Contents
(2) Objections to Report
(3) Stipulation as to Findings
(4) Draft Report
VII. JUDGMENT
Rule
49(a) Definition; Form
Rule
49(b) Judgment Upon Multiple Claims or Involving Multiple Parties
Rule
49(c) Demand for Judgment
Rule
49(d) Costs
Rule 50(a)
Entry
Rule 50(b)
Judgment
Rule 50(c)
Setting Aside Default
Rule 50(d)
Plaintiffs, Counterclaims, Cross-Claimants
Rule 50(e)
Judgment Against the State of Ponape
Rule 51(a)
For Claimant
Rule 51(b)
For Defending Party
Rule 51(c)
Motion and Proceedings Thereon
Rule 51(d)
Case Not Fully Adjudicated on Motion
Rule 51(e)
Form of Affidavits; Further Testimony; Defense Required
Rule 51(f)
When Affidavits are Unavailable
Rule 51(g)
Affidavits Made in Bad Faith
Rule 52(a)
Grounds
Rule 52(b)
Time for Motion
Rule 52(c)
Time for Serving Affidavits
Rule 52(d)
On Initiative of Court
Rule 52(e)
Motion to Alter or Amend a Judgment
Rule 53(a)
Clerical Mistakes
Rule 53(b) Mistakes; Inadvertence; Excusable Neglect; Newly Discovered
Evidence; Fraud, Etc.
Rule 55(a) Automatic Stay; Exception - Injunctions; Receiverships, and
Patent Accountings
Rule
55(b) Stay on Motion for New Trial or for Judgment
Rule 55(c)
Injunction Pending Appeal
Rule
55(d) Stay Upon Appeal
Rule 55(e) Stay in Favor of the Ponape State Government or an Agency
thereof
Rule
55(f) Power of Appellate Court not Limited
Rule
55(g) Stay of Judgment as to Multiple Claims or Multiple Parties
(1) Notice
(2) Consolidation of Hearing With Trial on Merits
Rule 58(b) Temporary Restraining Order; Notice; Hearing; Duration
Rule 58(c) Security
Rule 58(d) Form and Scope of Injunction or Restraining Order
Rule 58(e) Vacant
Rule
63(a) In General
Rule
66(a) Courts Always Open
Rule 66(b) Trial and Hearings; Orders in Chambers
Rule
66(c) Clerk's Office and Orders by Clerk
Rule
66(d) Notice of Orders or Judgments
Rule
68(a) Civil Docket
Rule
68(b) Civil Judgment and Orders
Rule
68(c) Indices; Calendars
Rule 68(d) Other Books and Records of the Clerk
Rule
70(a) Applicability
Rule 70(b) Nature and Purposes
Rule
70(c) Pleadings
Rule
70(d) Small Claims Summons
Rule
70(e) Trial
Rule
70(f) Conduct of Trial
Rule
70(g) Default
Rule
70(h) Orders in Aid of Judgement
Rule
70(i) Other Procedure