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Date/Time: 08-17-01 13:25:22
Job: 529RUL

Unit: U3CV

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RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

jects during the conference that initial disclosures are
not appropriate in the circumstances of the action and
states the objection in the Rule 26(f) discovery plan.
In
ruling on the objection, the court must determine what
disclosures—if any—are to be made, and set the time
for disclosure. Any party ﬁrst served or otherwise
joined after the Rule 26(f) conference must make these
disclosures within 30 days after being served or joined
unless a different time is set by stipulation or court
order. A party must make its initial disclosures based
on the information then reasonably available to it and is
not excused from making its disclosures because it has
not fully completed its investigation of the case or
because it challenges the sufﬁciency of another party’s
disclosures or because another party has not made its
disclosures.
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(3) Pretrial disclosures.—In addition to the disclosures
required by Rule 26(a)(1) and (2), a party must provide to
other parties and promptly ﬁle with the court the following
information regarding the evidence that it may present at
trial other than solely for impeachment:

(A) the name and, if not previously provided, the ad-
dress and telephone number of each witness, separately
identifying those whom the party expects to present and
those whom the party may call if the need arises;

(B) the designation of those witnesses whose testi-
mony is expected to be presented by means of a deposi-
tion and, if not taken stenographically, a transcript of
the pertinent portions of the deposition testimony; and
(C) an appropriate identiﬁcation of each document or
other exhibit, including summaries of other evidence,
separately identifying those which the party expects to
offer and those which the party may offer if the need
arises.

Unless otherwise directed by the court, these disclosures
must be made at least 30 days before trial. Within 14 days