When is information obtained during discovery filed with a federal court? 10 Answers as of December 12, 2011

Discovery is only filed when it is to be used at trial, motion or other settlement procedure.

Most discovery is kept in your lawyers file rather than filling file cabinets in the courthouse. Have you asked your lawyer for what you would like to see.

Discovery is ordinarily not filed with the court. However, there is a common procedural step wherein a party, usually a defendant, files a motion for summary judgment. In this motion you are asking the court to rule on an issue without submitting the issue to a jury. To succeed on a motion for summary judgment, you must show the court that, based on the evidence generated in discovery, there is no question of fact to submit to the jury. The moving party should include any evidence obtained in discovery that he wants the judge to consider with his/her motion for summary judgment. The non-moving party has 14 days to file a response, and should include any discovery materials that he/she wants the court to consider in his/her response. There may be other motions wherein you would include discovery materials as well.

The discovery is not filed with the Court. You may be asked to confer with opposing counsel to stipulate to certain facts, but the discovery itself is not filed with the Court.

Normally, the results of pretrial discovery are not filed with the court but are used by the attorneys for each side to prepare their respective cases for trial.(or possibly motion(s) for summary judgment).

Federal court is no place for amatuers. Consult an attorney who routinely practice in Federal court.

Discovery is not filed in Federal Court.

The court can assign either party the responsibility of drafting the findings. Typically, the court will assign the party who wins the case. I would recommend seeking clarification from the Court as every judge can assign things differently. Good luck!

You don't file discovery by itself. If all or part of it is admissible under the rules of evidence, then it can get in.