Local Rule 5.01: Filing of Discovery

5.01: Filing of Discovery. Interrogatories under Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 and responses thereto, requests under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 and responses thereto, and requests for admissions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 36 and responses thereto (collectively "discovery material") shall be served upon other counsel or parties, but shall not be filed with the court. Transcripts of depositions taken under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 or 31 (collectively "deposition") shall not be filed with the court. The party responsible for serving the discovery material or taking the deposition shall retain the original and become the custodian thereof.

If relief is sought with respect to any discovery material or deposition, a copy of the relevant portion of the discovery material or deposition shall be filed with the court contemporaneously with the filing or presentation of the request for relief. See Local Civ. Rules 7.04, 7.06 (D.S.C.).

If discovery material or depositions are to be used at trial or are necessary to resolution of a pretrial motion that might result in a final order on any issue, the portions to be used shall be filed with the court at the outset of the trial or at the filing of the motion insofar as their use can be reasonably anticipated.

When discovery material or depositions are needed for appeal purposes and are not in the record, upon application and order of the court, the necessary discovery material or depositions shall be filed with the district court.