(b) Following a defendant’s request to the Court for entry of the Standing Discovery Order and the Court’s entry of the Standing Discovery Order, the defendant, subject to the provisions of Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b)(2), shall:
(2) after the government complies with Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(a)(1)(F), comply with the obligations that arise under Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b)(1)(B).
(d) The government shall disclose to the defendant the existence and substance of any payments, promises of immunity, leniency, preferential treatment, or other inducements made to prospective government witnesses, within the scope of Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), and Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959).
(e) The government shall supply the defendant with a record of prior convictions of any alleged informant who will testify for the government at trial.
(f) The government shall state whether defendant was identified in any lineup, show up, photo array or similar identification proceeding, and produce any pictures utilized or resulting therefrom.
(g) The government shall advise its agents and officers involved in this case to preserve all rough notes.
(h) The government shall comply with the notice obligations set forth in Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b).
(i) The government shall state whether the defendant was an aggrieved person, as defined in 18 U.S.C. §2510(11), of any relevant electronic surveillance that was authorized pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §2516 and 18 U.S.C. §2518 and that has been unsealed in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §2518, and if so, shall set forth in detail the circumstances thereof.
(j) The government shall have transcribed the grand jury testimony of all witnesses who will testify for the government at the trial of this cause, preparatory to a timely motion for discovery.
(k) The government shall, upon request, deliver to any chemist selected by the defense, who is presently registered with the Attorney General in compliance with 21 U.S.C. §§822 and 823, and 21 C.F.R. §101.22(8), a sufficient representative sample of any alleged contraband which is the subject of this indictment, to allow independent chemical analysis of such sample.
(l) The government shall permit the defendant, his counsel and any experts selected by the defense to inspect any automobile, vessel, or aircraft allegedly utilized in the commission of any offenses charged. Government counsel shall, if necessary, assist defense counsel in arranging such inspection at a reasonable time and place, by advising the government authority having custody of the thing to be inspected that such inspection has been ordered by the court.
(m) The government shall provide the defense, for independent expert examination, copies of all latent fingerprints or palm prints which have been identified by a government expert as those of the defendant.
(n) The parties shall make every possible effort in good faith to stipulate to all facts or points of law the truth and existence of which is not contested and the early resolution of which will expedite the trial.
(o) Schedule of Discovery.
(2) Discovery which is to be made in connection with trial shall be made not later than fourteen (14) days after the arraignment, or such other time as ordered by the court.
(3) Discovery which is to be made in connection with post-trial hearings (including, by way of example only, sentencing hearings) shall be made not later than seven (7) days prior to the hearing. This discovery rule shall not affect the provisions of Local Rule 88.8 regarding pre- sentence investigation reports.
(4) It shall be the continuing duty of counsel for both sides to immediately reveal to opposing counsel all newly discovered information or other material within the scope of this Local Rule.
(5) In accordance with Fed. R. Crim. P. 16.1(a), no later than fourteen (14) days after a defendant’s arraignment, the attorney for the government and the defendant’s attorney must confer and try to agree on:
(B) a timetable and procedures for pretrial disclosure under Rule 16 if the Standing Discovery has not been requested and entered.
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Effective December 1, 1994. Amended effective April 15, 1996; April 15, 1998; April 15, 2000; April 15, 2003; April 15, 2005; April 15, 2007; April 15, 2010; December 2, 2013; December 1, 2015; December 1, 2016; December 2, 2019, December 1, 2020.






