US · rules
W.D. Wash. LCR 79
Records Kept by the Clerk
(a) Reserved
(b) Reserved
(c) Reserved
(d) Reserved
(e) Reserved
(f) Files-Custody and Withdrawal
All files and records of the court shall remain in the custody of the clerk and no record or paper
belonging to the files of the court shall be taken from the custody of the clerk without a special
order of the court or judge and a proper receipt signed by the person obtaining the record or
paper. No such order will be made except upon urgent grounds stated in a written application for
such order.
(g) Custody and Disposition of Exhibits, Depositions
After being marked for identification, all exhibits, except weapons, drugs, or other sensitive
materials, shall be placed in the custody of the clerk during the duration of the trial, unless
otherwise ordered by the court. Any weapons or other sensitive exhibits shall be held in the
custody of the counsel offering the exhibits during the trial. Upon completion of the trial, all
exhibits shall be returned to counsel offering them, unless otherwise ordered by the court. A
party or his attorney who has custody of an exhibit shall keep it available for the use of the court
or an appellate court, and shall grant the reasonable request of any party to examine or reproduce
the exhibit for use in the proceeding. This obligation shall continue until any appeal has been
finally resolved or time for filing a notice of appeal or petition for writ of certiorari has expired.
(h) Judicial Review of Administrative Proceedings
Unless an extension of time is obtained from the court on a showing of good cause, in any action
seeking review of a final decision of an administrative agency, the record of the agency
proceeding shall be filed (1) within thirty days of the filing of the complaint or petition when the
administrative agency is the plaintiff or petitioner; or (2) with the answer or return when the
administrative agency is the defendant or respondent.
Provenance
- Source
- www.wawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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