IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA IN RE: Filing of Disclosure ) Materials Pursuant ) To The Federal Rules ) of Civil Procedure )GENERAL ORDER 95- 02 IT IS ORDERED that all disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) through (a)(3) shall not be filed with the clerk of the court except on specific order of the court. All such disclosures shall be served on the opposing parties and only a certificate of such service shall be filed with the clerk of the court. DATED this 9 day of January, 1995. BY THE COURT: (signed) WILLIAM G. CAMBRIDGE, Chief Judge United States District Court (signed) LYLE E STROM United States District Judge (signed) RICHARD G. KOPF United States District Judge (signed) THOMAS M. SHANAHAN United States District Judge Attached letter to General Order 95-02 Dear Counsel of Record: Enclosed you will find the original Initial Disclosures which were received in the Clerk's Office. Pursuant to the Progression Order, these disclosures are not to be sent to the court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(4) provides that unless otherwise directed by order or local rule all disclosures ... shall be made in writing, signed, served, and promptly filed with the court. In the court's progression orders, a standard paragraph (usually paragraph 8) provides that disclosures of discovery shall be governed by NELR 26.2. NELR 26.2 provides that discovery documents are not filed with the court. NELR 26.2 further provides that only a certificate of service of such discovery shall be filed in such matters. If not already accomplished, the serving party should insure that a certificate of service only is filed with the Clerk. Norbert H. Ebel Clerk of Court NHE/dl Enclosure