(a)     Required Affidavit. No discovery motion shall be heard by the court unless counsel for the movant files with the court an affidavit at or prior to the hearing on the motion certifying that counsel for the movant has conferred with counsel for the opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve by agreement the issues raised by the motion and that counsel have been unable to reach such an agreement. If part of the issues have been resolved by agreement, the affidavit shall identify the issues so resolved and the issues remaining unresolved.

          (b)     Decision Without Hearing. A routine motion to compel answers to interrogatories and to compel compliance with a request for production under Fed.R.Civ.P. 34, wherein it has been averred that no response or objection has been timely served, may be summarily granted or denied by the court without awaiting response.