Local Rule LR 26: PRETRIAL DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURES
N.D. Iowa — Civil rule
LR 26 PRETRIAL DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURES a. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A): Initial Disclosures. Any objections to making the initial disclosures or to the timing of the initial disclosures must be made during the Rule 26(f) conference and memorialized with particularity in a document filed within 14 days after the scheduling order and discovery plan is filed.
Initial disclosures must not be filed with the Clerk of Court unless filing is required specifically by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or by Local Rules 37(b) or 56. Initial disclosures are not required in cases where, under Local Rule 16(d), no scheduling order and discovery plan is required to be submitted.
b. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B): Disclosure of Expert Testimony. Expert witness disclosures must not be filed with the Clerk of Court unless filing is required specifically by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or by Local Rules 37(b) or 56.
c. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3)(A): Pretrial Disclosures. Witness and exhibit disclosures under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3)(A) must be served at least 21 days before the final pretrial conference, as required by Local Rule 16A(3)(c). These disclosures need not be filed. Objections to these disclosures must be made in the proposed final pretrial order submitted pursuant to Local Rule 16A(2)(b).
d. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f): Conference of the Parties. At least 21 days before the proposed scheduling order and discovery plan is due, the parties must confer, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f).
e. Discovery Plan. The Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) requirement that the parties submit to the court a written report outlining their discovery plan is satisfied by the submission to the Clerk of Court of a properly completed scheduling order and discovery plan form.
f. Initial Disclosures, Expert Disclosures, and Discovery Materials Not Filed. The following documents must not be filed with the Clerk of Court unless filing is required specifically by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Local Rules 37(b) or 56, or an order of the court:
1. Initial disclosures served under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A);
2. Disclosures of expert testimony served under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A) and (B);
3. Depositions;
4. Notices of deposition;
5. Interrogatories;
6. Notices of service of interrogatories;
7. Requests for production of documents;
8. Requests to permit entry upon land;
9. Requests for admissions; and 10. Answers or responses to discovery requests.