Local Rule LR 26.1: FILING OF DISCOVERY MATERIALS
D.S.D. — Civil rule
LR 26.1 FILING OF DISCOVERY MATERIALS A. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d), depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents, requests for admissions, and answers and responses thereto must not be filed.
B. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) and (2) materials must not be filed unless otherwise ordered by the court.
C. Any portions of discovery materials necessary for the disposition of any motion filed (with relevant portions highlighted or underlined) must either be attached as an exhibit to the party's brief in support of such motion or attached to the party's affidavit filed with the brief.
D. If a party designates any or all of any deposition as evidence to be offered in the trial of any case, such deposition must be filed at the same time as that party's designation consistent with D.S.D. Civ. LR 5.2.
E. Depositions used by a party only for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of a deponent as a witness, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(a)(1), will not be filed unless otherwise ordered by the court.