(a) The parties in pro se cases, Health and Human Services cases (Social Security
Appeals), and U.S. Government loan cases shall not be obligated to meet and confer prior to
instituting discovery. Discovery shall commence no later than thirty (30) days from the date
the complaint is served upon the defendant(s).
(b) Interrogatories, requests for disclosures, requests for documents, requests for
admissions, and answers and responses thereto shall be served upon other counsel and
parties but shall not be filed with the court except as authorized by a provision of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure or upon an order of the court. The party responsible for serving a
discovery request shall retain and become the custodian of the original response. Proof of
service or certificates of service of discovery material shall not be filed separately with the
clerk. The original transcript or recording of any deposition upon oral examination shall be
retained by the party who arranged for the transcript or the recording.
(c) If relief is sought under any of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a copy of the
discovery matters in dispute shall be filed with the court contemporaneously with any motion
filed under these rules by the party seeking to invoke the court's relief.
(d) When documentation of discovery not previously in the record is needed for appeal
purposes, upon an application and order of the court or by stipulation of counsel, the necessary
discovery papers shall be filed with the clerk.
