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Civil Discovery Handbook

Middle District Discovery: A Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (PDF)

INTRODUCTION

Revised: February 1, 2021

View or download the Civil Discovery Handbook for the United States District Court Middle District of Florida (PDF).

Revised: June 5, 2015


 

INTRODUCTION

VII.   MOTIONS TO COMPEL, FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER, OR TO QUASH

A. Effect of Filing a Motion for a Protective Order
B. Motion for Stipulated Protective Order

Civil Discovery Handbook

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I.      DISCOVERY IN GENERAL
II.     DEPOSITIONS
III.    PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
IV.    INTERROGATORIES
V.     SUBPOENAS
VI.    PRIVILEGE
VII.   MOTIONS TO COMPEL, FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER, OR TO QUASH
VIII.  E-DISCOVERY

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