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Rule 5005-1 Filing of Papers Discovery Materials Must Not Be Filed. Discovery material, including notices of deposition, transcripts of depositions, interrogatories, answers to interrogatories, requests for production or inspection, and responses to those requests, should not be filed with the court. If any discovery material is needed in connection with a pretrial matter, the relevant portions thereof should be submitted to the court as an exhibit to a motion or response thereto. Any discovery material needed at trial should be introduced as provided in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.