Rule 30 FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Pt. III
Filing of Transcript
Local rules often determine whether the officer files a sealed original transcript. If so, the party taking the deposition should then give notice of the filing to all parties.
Copies of the Transcript
Any party or the deponent can obtain a copy of the recording of the deposition for a reasonable charge. If the deposition was recorded stenographically and has not been transcribed, then the party seeking the transcript will normally have to pay the transcription costs, unless the court orders otherwise.
Exhibits
Upon the request of a party, a document produced at a deposition (or any other document) may be marked for identification and annexed to the deposition transcript. A copy of a document may be substituted for the original. If documents are produced at a deposition, any party has a right to inspect and copy them.
Retaining Recording
The officer should retain a copy of the transcript or recording of the deposition.
RULE 30(g). FAILURE TO ATTEND
OR SERVE SUBPOENA
CORE CONCEPT
The court may award expenses, including attorney fees, to a party that appears for a deposition that does not occur because
either:
(1) the party noticing the deposition does not attend;or(2) the party fails to subpoena a witness and that witness does not appear. In both cases, the party noticing the deposition may be ordered to pay the expenses of other parties incurred as result of appearing for the deposition
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH SOURCES
Wright & Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure ßß 2101-2120.
C.J.S. Federal Civil Procedure ßß 548-583 et seq., 600-644 et seq.
West's Key No. Digests, Federal Civil Procedure @1311-1456.
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