if defendant had gone to court after the 30 day deadline passed for responding (which caused the request for admissions to be deemed admitted) and requested judicial relief on grounds of inadvertence or mistake, the trial court likely would have allowed defendant leave to late file answers to the requests. The trial court will often grant such relief, especially to an in pro per defendant, as long as the defendant doesn't wait to long (i.e. more than 6 months) to seek relief.