Local Rule LCvR 26.1: COMMENCEMENT OF DISCOVERY
W.D.N.C. — Civil rule
LCvR 26.1 COMMENCEMENT OF DISCOVERY Subject to the exception for Rule 34 requests as set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(2), official Court-enforceable discovery does not commence until issuance of the Scheduling Order. While parties are encouraged to engage in consensual discovery before such period and up to trial, the Court will only enforce discovery that is conducted within the context of the Scheduling Order or where leave is granted in accordance with LCvR 16.1(f).
Advisory Committee Notes Changes to this Rule are intended to bring the Local Civil Rules into conformity with the 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The revisions are made in tandem with those made to LCvR 16.1.