Local Rule 30.1: DEPOSITIONS
W.D. Mo. — Civil rule
30.1 DEPOSITIONS
(a) Public Inspection. Unless the Court orders otherwise, any deposition transcript filed by a party is a public record and must be available for public inspection to the same extent as any other paper in the case file.
(b) Examining a Witness. Unless the Court orders otherwise or the parties stipulate otherwise, not more than one attorney for each party may examine any one witness during a deposition.
(c) Non-Stenographic Recordings. A party may record a deposition by non-stenographic means, including audio or audiovisual means, without leave of Court and without agreement of the parties.
1. The party planning on recording the deposition by non-stenographic means must state the method or methods to be used and state the name, address, and employer of the recording technician or technicians. If the recording party is the party conducting the deposition, it must include this information in every notice or subpoena for the taking of the deposition. If the recording party is any other party, it must include this information in a separate document filed no later than 3 days before the date designated in the original notice for the taking of the deposition.
2. If a party intends, in any court proceeding, to use deposition testimony which has been recorded only by non-stenographic means, the party must prepare a written transcription of the deposition part to be used. That party must submit the transcription to the witness for signature—unless the witness and the parties waive signature—and to the Court in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3)(B) and 32(c).
3. The recording party may use more than one camera or recording device, either in sequence or simultaneously.
4. An attorney for the party recording by non-stenographic means must take custody of, and be responsible for, the safeguarding of the recording. Upon request, the attorney must permit another party to examine the recording, and to provide the other party with a copy of the recording at the requesting party's cost.