Local Rule 26-1: Custodian of Discovery Documents

26-1. Custodian of Discovery Documents

The party propounding interrogatories, requests for production of documents, or requests for admission must retain the original of the discovery request and the original response. That party shall be the custodian of these materials. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f) identifies the custodian of the original transcript or recording of a deposition.

Commentary Counsel should consider stipulating to sharing computer-readable copies of discovery requests, such as interrogatories and requests for production of documents, as well as responses to such requests, to save costs and to facilitate expeditious pretrial discovery.