26.4: Timing of Discovery
Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York — Civil Rules
26.4 Timing of Discovery Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d), which prohibits discovery prior to a meeting and conference between the parties, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), which directs parties to meet and confer with each other relative to the nature and basis of claims and defenses to a lawsuit, shall not apply to any action in which a party is incarcerated.