D. Mont. L.R. 26.2

(a) Filing Prohibited. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1), initial

disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A), depositions, interrogatories, requests

for documents, requests for admissions, answers, responses, and objections, expert

disclosures, expert reports, notices of deposition, notices of service of subpoena,

and certificates or notices indicating service of discovery documents on opposing

parties are not routinely filed.

(b) Filing Required. Regardless of subsection (a), when any motion is

filed relating to discovery, the party filing the motion must attach as exhibits to the

motion all documents relevant to the motion if the documents have not been

previously filed. Any such discovery filed including depositions should be properly

redacted to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2. Public access to such discovery will

not be restricted unless filed under seal pursuant to Local Rule 5.2.

(c) Other Motions. Discovery responses or admissions relied on as

evidence relevant to another type of motion, such as summary judgment, are

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considered exhibits rather than discovery documents and are not governed by this

rule.

(d) Expert Disclosures. At trial, reports by retained experts and disclosures

of testifying non-retained experts must be available for review by the court.