Local Rule 37.1: MOTIONS RELATING TO DISCOVERY

RULE 37.1 MOTIONS RELATING TO DISCOVERY

(a) Pre-Motion Conference. Before filing any disputed discovery-related motion, and after satisfying the duty to confer or to make a reasonable effort to confer in D. Kan. Rule 37.2, the party intending to file a discovery-related motion must contact the court to arrange a telephone conference with the judge and opposing counsel. The court will inform the parties whether any information, other than a nonargumentative statement of the nature of the dispute, should be submitted or filed in advance of this conference. Unless otherwise requested by the court, no disputed discovery-related motion, material, or argument should be filed or submitted prior to this telephone conference.

(b) Content of Motions. Discovery-related motions must be accompanied by copies of the notices of depositions, the portions of the interrogatories, requests, or responses in dispute. Motions directed at subpoenas must be accompanied by a copy of the subpoena in dispute.

(c) Time for Filing Discovery-Related Motions. Any discovery-related motion must be filed within 30 days of the default or service of the response, objection, or disclosure that is the subject of the motion, or, for all other disputes, within 30 days after the movant knew or reasonably should have known of the potential dispute. The court may deny any motion filed after that 30-day period as untimely unless the movant demonstrates diligence in attempting to resolve the specific discovery dispute at issue. * * * As amended 12/1/22, 9/00.