Saria v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Holding that since "interrogatory responses may be used at trial, they are nothing short of testimony. When responses are only signed by an attorney, and not by the client, the attorney has effectively been made a witness. Likewise, the failure to provide client verification undermines the dispositive motion process under Rule 56(c)"

Weisberg v. Webster

Holding that "willfulness or at least gross negligence" is required to justify the most severe discovery sanctions

Fonville v. District of Columbia

Finding that failure to object to document production in a timely manner, like the failure to object to an interrogatory, constitutes an automatic waiver of any objections where no extension of time had been requested and no good cause existed for the failure to interpose objections

Dellums v. Powell

In Dellums, the issue before the court was whether the trial court abused its discretion when it dismissed certain class action plaintiffs for failing to respond to interrogatories.

United States v. Hansen

Albert v. Starbucks Coffee Company Inc.

Rejecting "the proposition that the mere filing of a motion for protective order requires the court to excuse a party's failure to obey a court order compelling attendance at a deposition"

McDowell v. the Government of the Dist. of Columbia

In McDowell v. District of Columbia, 233 F.R.D. 192 (D.D.C.2006), plaintiff claimed that her civil rights were violated by District of Columbia police when she was subjected to illegal strip and body cavity searches, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness

Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Rule 30 - Depositions by Oral Examination

Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely

Rule 34 - Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes

Finding that the rules related to electronic discovery were "not meant to create a routine right of direct access to a party's electronic information system, although such access may be justified in some circumstances."

Rule 29 - Stipulations About Discovery Procedure

Requiring "written stipulation" for extension of response periods provided for in the rules of procedure