D. Wyo. U.S.D.C.L.R. 37.1

(a) Privilege Asserted in Response to Written Discovery Requests.

When a claim of privilege or qualified immunity from discovery is asserted in response to

written discovery requests, including interrogatories, requests for documents and requests for

admissions, the attorney asserting the privilege or qualified immunity from discovery shall

specifically identify the nature of the privilege or qualified immunity which is being claimed and

indicate the rule being invoked. Counsel shall further disclose the information set forth in Local

Rule 34.1(c), as the case may warrant.

(b) Duty of Counsel to Confer.

Except as otherwise ordered, the Court will not entertain any motions relating to

discovery disputes unless counsel for the moving party has first conferred and made reasonable

good faith efforts to resolve the dispute with opposing counsel. In the event that the parties

cannot settle the discovery dispute on their own, counsel shall jointly contact the assigned

magistrate judge to schedule an informal telephonic discovery call. The Court will attempt to

resolve disputes in this informal manner. If the Court determines the dispute requires formal

filing of a motion and briefing, the Court will grant the parties permission to file a written

motion.

(c) Failure to Make Self-Executing Discovery Exchange.

If a party fails to make a disclosure required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1), any other party

may move to compel disclosure and for appropriate sanctions.

(d) Motion to Quash Deposition Notice and Motion for Protective Order.

Pending resolution of any motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), 30(d), or 45(c), neither the

objecting party, witness nor any attorney is required to appear at the deposition to which a

motion to quash is directed until the motion is ruled upon. The filing of a motion under any of

these referenced Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall stay the discovery to which the motion is

directed pending further order of the Court. Any motion for relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)

directed to a deposition must be filed and served as soon as practicable after receipt of the

deposition notice, but in no event less than five (5) days prior to the scheduled depositions.

Counsel seeking such relief shall request the Court for a ruling or a hearing thereon promptly

after the filing of such motion, so that discovery shall not be unnecessarily delayed in the event

the motion is denied.

(e) Motions to Compel.

Motions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) or 37(a), directed at interrogatories or requests under

Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 or 34, or at the responses thereto, shall identify and set forth the specific

interrogatory, request or response constituting the subject matter of the motion.

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