Local Rule 26.6: COURT FILINGS AND COSTS
D. Mass. — Civil rule
RULE 26.6 COURT FILINGS AND COSTS
(a) Nonfiling of Discovery Materials. Discovery materials (that is, automatic or voluntary disclosure materials, depositions, deposition notices, interrogatories, requests for documents, requests for admissions, answers and responses to discovery requests, and any other requests for or products of the discovery process) shall not be filed unless so ordered by the court or for use in the proceeding. The party taking a deposition or obtaining any material through discovery is responsible for its preservation and delivery to the court if needed or so ordered. If for any reason a party or concerned citizen believes that any of the named documents should be filed, an ex parte request may be made that such document be filed, stating the reasons for the request. The court may also order filing sua sponte. If relief is sought under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) or 37, copies of the relevant portions of disputed documents shall be filed with the court contemporaneously with any motion. If the moving party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 or the opponent relies on discovery documents, copies of the pertinent parts thereof shall be filed with the motion or opposition.
(b) Copying Expense for Discovery Materials.
(1) Inspection of Documents. Except as otherwise provided in an order entered pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), all parties to an action shall be entitled to inspect documents produced by another party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(d) or 34 at the location where they are produced.
(2) Copies of Documents. Except as otherwise provided in an order entered pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), upon request of any party, and upon that party's agreement to pay the copying costs at the time of delivery, a party who produces documents pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(d) or 34 shall provide copies of all or any specified part of the documents. No party shall be entitled to obtain copies of documents produced by another party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(d) or 34 without paying the costs thereof.
Adopted effective October 1, 1992; amended effective January 2, 1995.