Loc. R. Civ. P. 30 — Depositions
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 15, 2026. Verified against the official source (W.D.N.Y. — Rules: Individual, Local & Federal (U.S. District Court, Western District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
Loc. R. Civ. P. 30 — Depositions: the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, United States District Court for the Western District of New York, effective January 15, 2026 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every civil case before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, alongside the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the rules are numbered to conform to them) and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
(a) Fair Notice. Absent agreement of the parties or Court order, each notice to take the deposition of a party or other witness shall be served at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date set for examination. (b) Production of Documents in Connection with Depositions. Consistent with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 and 34, a party seeking production of documents of another party or witness in connection with a deposition shall schedule the deposition to allow for production of the documents at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the deposition. Upon receipt of the documents, the party noticing the deposition shall immediately inform counsel for all other noticed parties that the requested documents have been produced and shall make the documents available for their inspection and reproduction. If timely requested documents are not produced at least seven (7) days prior to the deposition, the party noticing the deposition may either adjourn the deposition until a minimum of seven (7) days after the documents are produced or, without waiving the right to access to the documents, proceed with the deposition on the originally scheduled date. (c) Procedures for Video Depositions. A Court order is required before taking a deposition by other than stenographic means (i.e., without the use of a stenographic record). However, a prior order is not required to record a deposition both on video and stenographically. In the latter circumstance, the following procedures apply: (1) The deposition notice shall state that the deposition will be recorded both stenographically and on video. At the deposition, the camera operator shall be identified. An employee of the attorney who noticed the deposition may act as the camera operator. (2) The camera shall be directed at the witness at all times showing a head and shoulders view, except that close-up views of exhibits are permitted where requested by the questioning attorney. (3) Prior to trial, counsel for the party seeking to use the video deposition shall approach opposing counsel and attempt to resolve voluntarily all objections made at the deposition. (4) The party seeking to use the video deposition at trial shall submit unresolved objections to the Court by way of a motion in limine. The motion may be made at any time after the deposition, but shall be made no later than seven (7) days before trial or any earlier deadline established by Court order. The objected-to portion(s) of the transcript shall be annexed to the motion papers. (5) In accordance with the Court’s ruling on objections, the party seeking to use the video deposition shall notify opposing counsel of the transcript pages and line numbers the party plans to delete from the video. The party seeking to use the video shall then edit the video accordingly, and shall bear the expenses of editing. If the Court overrules an objection made during the deposition, the objection need not be deleted. If requested, the Court will give an instruction at the time the video is shown regarding objections heard on the video. (6) At least three (3) days before showing the video, the party seeking to use the video deposition at trial shall deliver a copy of the edited video to opposing counsel. Opposing counsel may then object only if the edited version does not comply with the Court’s ruling and counsels’ agreement, or if the video’s quality is such that it will be difficult for the jury to understand. Such objections, if any, must be made in writing and served at least twenty-four (24) hours before the video is to be shown. (7) The party seeking to use the video deposition should attempt to utilize a storage format compatible with the Court’s display equipment. A party utilizing an incompatible format must provide the equipment necessary to display the video in Court. (8) See Loc. R. Civ. P. 54(c) for prerequisites to the receipt of video expenses as a component of taxable costs.
Source of truth
(a) Fair Notice. Absent agreement of the parties or Court order, each notice to take the deposition of a party or other witness shall be served at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date set for examination. (b) Production of Documents in Connection with Depositions. Consi
- Official source
- W.D.N.Y. — Rules: Individual, Local & Federal (U.S. District Court, Western District of New York)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 15, 2026
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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