Judicial Survey Questions

IT Q18: Please describe your general practice regarding the resolution of discovery motions.

IT A18: My scheduling order suggests that counsel request a brief conference in advance of filing a written motion. I try to determine at such a conference if there is an expeditious resolution of the issue and I also try to ensure that objections as to part of a request or interrogatory are not holding up production or answers to unobjected portions of the request or interrogator. If discovery motions are document intensive, I will refer them to the magistrate judge.

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* Talwani, Indira

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts