(a) Standard Discovery Request Form.
At arraignment on an indictment, or on an information or complaint in a
misdemeanor case, counsel for the defendant and the government may make
standard requests for discovery as contained in the Arraignment Order and Standard
Discovery Request form available from the clerk and on the court=s website. The
form shall be signed by counsel for the defendant and the government and entered
by the magistrate judge.
(b) Reciprocal Discovery.
If counsel for the defendant requests discovery under FR Cr P 16(a)(1)(E), (F) or
(G), in an Arraignment Order and Discovery Request form, the defendant is
obligated to provide any reciprocal discovery that may be available to the
government under FR Cr P 16(b)(1)(A), (B) or (C).
(c) Time for Government Response.
Unless the parties agree otherwise, or the court so orders, within 14 days of the
Standard Discovery Request, the government must provide the requested material
to counsel for the defendant and file with the clerk a written response to each of
defendant’s requests.
(d) Time for Reciprocal Discovery Response.
Defendant must provide all reciprocal discovery due the government within 14 days
of receiving the materials and the filing and serving of responses in paragraph (c).
(e) Defense Discovery Request Deemed Speedy Trial Motion.
Any request made by the defendant pursuant to this rule will be deemed a motion
under the provisions of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161.
(f) Duty to Supplement.
All duties of disclosure and discovery in this rule are continuing. The parties must
produce any additional discovery as soon as they receive it, and in no event later
than the time for such disclosure as required by law, rule of criminal procedure, or
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order of the court, and without the necessity of further request by the opposing
party.
