Local Rule LCivR 32: USING DEPOSITIONS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
E.D. Wash. — Civil rule
LCivR 32 USING DEPOSITIONS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
(a) Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
(1) In General. The initiating party shall have the responsibility for maintaining the original deposition and making it available as may be necessary during the proceedings. See LCivR 26(h). Only those portions of a deposition necessary to a motion shall be appended to the relevant filing.
(2) Deposition In Lieu of Witness.
(A) Presentation. A deposition that a party intends to use at trial in lieu of calling the witness must be purged of all repetitious and irrelevant questions and answers, all objections which have been abandoned, and irrelevant colloquy between the attorneys. Purging shall be accomplished by designating the page and line numbers of material proposed to be used. This may be accomplished by the use of a high-lighting marker. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a copy of the depositions so purged, or designations thereof, shall be served upon the opposing party no later than 14 days before the pretrial conference.
(B) Objections. Objections and counter-designations by the opposing party shall be served no later than 7 days before the pretrial conference. Objections shall be submitted to the Court for resolution at the pretrial conference and depositions shall be purged in accordance with the Court's ruling.
(C) Impeachment and Other Uses. This designation and objection procedure does not apply to a deposition used to refresh recollection, as an admission against interest, or for impeachment.
(3) through (8) [Reserved]
(b) through (d) [Reserved]