New York Discovery Order (No. 2)

Making an Order to Show Cause An Order to Show Cause consists of a top page called an Order to Show Cause (OSC), followed by an Affidavit in Support of the OSC, and copies of any documents that the moving side (movant) thinks would help the Judge make a decision.

Ask the court for a motion date. Identify and fill out your motion forms. Serve and file your motion forms. Confirm that you will attend the motion. Go to your motion hearing. Receive the judge's decision.

General format - each motion generally consists of a case caption, a title that briefly identifies the relief sought, a series of numbered paragraphs that explains -- in a logical way -- why you are entitled to that relief, a prayer for relief, a signature block, a certification that a copy of the motion was sent to

Step 1: Prepare and exchange your initial disclosures. Within thirty days after the defendant files his answer, the plaintiff and defendant must exchange: Step 2: File the early case conference report. Step 3: Ask the court to allow more discovery if you want it.

The motion must include a separate "Notice of Motion" which includes a brief summary of the nature of the motion, the deadline for filing a response, and if there is a hearing, the date, time, and location of the hearing.

That disclosure is accomplished through a methodical process called "discovery." Discovery takes three basic forms: written discovery, document production and depositions. See 's Stages of a Personal Injury Case section for related articles and resources.

Discovery, in the law of common law jurisdictions, is a pre-trial procedure in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain evidence from the other party or parties by means of discovery devices such as interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions and

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure guide discovery in the U.S. federal court system.In most federal district courts, the formal requests for interrogatories, request for admissions and request for production are exchanged between the parties and not filed with the court.