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Civil Procedure - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Interrogatories (Rule 33)
      - Request for Production (Rules 34 & 45)
      - Oral Deposition (Rules 30 & 45)
      - Physical/Mental Exam (Rule 35)
      - Request for Admission (Rule 36)
  - - - Discovery of relevant facts
      - Narrowing issues in dispute
  - - - Conventional/Accessible ESI
        
        Oxbow v. Union Pacific (6 factors)
        
        6 factors (importance of the case, amount in controversy, parties' relative access to info, parties' resources, importance of discovery in resolving issues, whether burden outweighs likely benefit)
      - Inaccessible ESI (Renown)
        
        Step 3: Burden shifting
        
        Step 2: Good cause to still require production
        
        Step 1: not reasonably accessible
  - - - Initial Disclosures - 26(a)
      - Party-Initiated Discovery - Rule 30-36, 45
      - Discovery Plan - 26(f) and Scheduling Order - 16(b)
  - - - Rule 26(g) - imports Rule 11 requirements
      - Rule 26(c)
    - - NHL v. Metro Hockey Club - good faith
      - 37(a) Order to Produce
      - 37(b) Motion for Sanctions
      - 37(d) Sanctions
- - - - Legal Sufficiency
        
        States a legal claim, i.e. "something the law cares about"
        
        Allegations do not defeat themselves
      - Factual Sufficiency
        
        Plausibility (Twombly & Iqbal)
        
        Fair Notice (Conley)
  - - - 8(b)
        
        Lack knowledge
        
        Admit
        
        Deny
      - 8(c) - Affirmative defenses
    - - Rule 12(b) - Motion to dismiss, defenses (2)-(5) must be included or they are waived
      - Rule 12 (c)-(f) - other motions
  - - - Contents - 4(a)
      - Within 90 days of complaint - 4(m)
    - - Individuals within the U.S. - 4(e)
      - Other defendants - 4(f)-(j)
  - - - Subjective "good faith" standard, safe harbor (2nd Circuit in Patsy's)
      - Reasonable Attorney standard (Judge Martin in Patsy's)
- - - - Rule 38
      - Rule 39
      - 7th Amendment - Right to a Jury Trial