Form Discovery Requests [formerly Local Civil Rule 26.6]

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Rule Set: Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Rule: 26.5

Jurisdiction: EDNY

Bluebook Citation: E.D.N.Y. L. Civ. R. 26.5

All Rules: E.D.N.Y. Local Civil Rules, complete index

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PRE-2016 COMMITTEE NOTE

While this Local Civil Rule is a straightforward corollary of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(1)(B),

the Committee understands that it is frequently relied upon and therefore recommends

its retention in the Eastern District and its adoption in the Southern District.

2016 COMMITTEE NOTE

The change to Local Rule 26.5 is necessary because the December 2015 amendments to

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure eliminated discovery about the “subject matter,”

instead limiting discovery to the claims and defenses, as further limited by

proportionality factors.