Rule 34. Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes — Inbound Citations

Citations to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 as a whole

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A)(iii)

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  (iii) a computation of each category of damages claimed by the disclosing party—who must also make available for inspection and copying as under Rule 34 the documents or other evidentiary material, unless privileged or protected from disclosure, on which each computation is based, including materials bearing on the nature and extent of injuries suffered; and

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A)(iv)

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  (iv) for inspection and copying as under Rule 34, any insurance agreement under which an insurance business may be liable to satisfy all or part of a possible judgment in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the judgment.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(2)

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  (2) Early Rule 34 Requests.

  (A) Time to Deliver. More than 21 days after the summons and complaint are served on a party, a request under Rule 34 may be delivered:

  (i) to that party by any other party, and

  (ii) by that party to any plaintiff or to any other party that has been served.

  (B) When Considered Served. The request is considered to have been served at the first Rule 26(f) conference.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(2)(A)

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  (A) Time to Deliver. More than 21 days after the summons and complaint are served on a party, a request under Rule 34 may be delivered:

  (i) to that party by any other party, and

  (ii) by that party to any plaintiff or to any other party that has been served.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 27(a)(3)

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  (3) Order and Examination. If satisfied that perpetuating the testimony may prevent a failure or delay of justice, the court must issue an order that designates or describes the persons whose depositions may be taken, specifies the subject matter of the examinations, and states whether the depositions will be taken orally or by written interrogatories. The depositions may then be taken under these rules, and the court may issue orders like those authorized by Rules 34 and 35. A reference in these rules to the court where an action is pending means, for purposes of this rule, the court where the petition for the deposition was filed.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 27(b)(3)

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  (3) Court Order. If the court finds that perpetuating the testimony may prevent a failure or delay of justice, the court may permit the depositions to be taken and may issue orders like those authorized by Rules 34 and 35. The depositions may be taken and used as any other deposition taken in a pending district-court action.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(2)

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  (2) Producing Documents. If a subpoena duces tecum is to be served on the deponent, the materials designated for production, as set out in the subpoena, must be listed in the notice or in an attachment. The notice to a party deponent may be accompanied by a request under Rule 34 to produce documents and tangible things at the deposition.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(d)(1)(A)(ii)

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  (ii) a party, after being properly served with interrogatories under Rule 33 or a request for inspection under Rule 34, fails to serve its answers, objections, or written response.