The Discovery War Room
The Mirror runs BOTH directions — their requests through Washington's levers, and your own drafts through the same detectors before they leave. Keyed authority: CR 26(b)(1) scope · CR 34 production · the CR 26(i) gate.
Does the request clear the CLASSIC scope?
CR 26(b)(1)Relevant to the SUBJECT MATTER — or reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. Washington's scope is broader than the federal 2015 formulation; the limiting factors, not a relevance rewrite, do the trimming.
Would it survive the limiting factors?
CR 26(b)(1)(A)-(C)Cumulative? Obtainable somewhere easier? Burden outweighing benefit? The court SHALL limit when they bite — run your own requests through them before the other side does.
Is the response evasive?
CR 37An evasive or incomplete answer is treated as a failure to answer — the compel lane opens, with its priced ladder.
Has the 26(i) conference happened?
CR 26(i)No motion is heard without it. The Mirror flags motion-ready disputes as CONFERENCE-FIRST — always.
Does the signature hold?
CR 26(g)Every request and response is certified — grounded, proper purpose, not excessive. Fisons is the pointer: the certification is real.
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