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D.C.COLO.LCivR 79.1 CUSTODY OF PLEADINGS, DOCUMENTS, CONVENTIONALLY SUBMITTED MATERIALS, AND EXHIBITS

(a) Custody and Removal. Unless otherwise ordered, pleadings, documents, conventionally submitted materials, and exhibits in a court file or submitted to a judicial officer shall not be removed from the office or custody of the clerk or judicial officer.

(b) Disposition.

(1) After 60 days of entry of final judgment in a civil action in which no appeal is taken, the clerk may notify counsel of record and any unrepresented party that the clerk intends to dispose of any conventionally submitted material or exhibit in the possession of the clerk. If no objection is filed within 14 days of the notice, the clerk may dispose of the conventionally submitted material or exhibit.

(2) In a civil action on appeal, any conventionally submitted material or exhibit that was not transmitted as a part of the record on appeal may be transferred by the clerk to the offering attorney or unrepresented party who shall retain the conventionally submitted material or exhibit pending order of the appellate court.