Local Rule 5.4: Filing Discovery Documents
S.D. Ohio — Civil rule
5.4 Filing Discovery Documents
(a) When used in a proceeding or ordered by a Judge, deposition transcripts shall be filed electronically. Pro se litigants must file deposition transcripts on paper. If ordered by a Judge, deposition transcripts shall also be filed in paper using condensed or "minuscript"® format and two-sided copying. All deposition transcripts filed with the Clerk must include any signature page and statement of changes in form or substance made by the witness pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(e) and the certificate described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f).
(b) Discovery documents that comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and with these Rules may be used in any action in the manner permitted by rule, statute, or an order made in the action even if such documents have not been filed with the Clerk.