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bjnicholson · Jul 22, 2011, 07:00 AM

I am a federal employee involve in a discrimination claim againt my employee. The Administrativ Judge authorizied me to begin discovery.

Is there a particular discovery form or formation to follow?

I am aware of being percise and particular in what I am requesting.

tickle · Jul 22, 2011, 07:06 AM

You can purchase legal Discovery forms on line, some are free. Here is a website going by State if you are in the US, you don't say, this is important:

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Click on 'view more forms categories', you can then enter your state and 'discovery' in the search to view your options.

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AK lawyer · Jul 22, 2011, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by bjnicholson

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I am aware of being percise and particular in what I am requesting.

If you are careful to be precise, then, one would expect, you would proof-read. You are suing your "employee"? Don't you mean "employer"?

For discovery, you should seek information which will bolster your claim, including (in workplace discrimination claims) such things as complete details about all previous discrimination cases (of whatever nature), de facto employee statistics on race (or whatever basis you are claiming discrimination for), etc.

That would be what your attorney would take care of. I assume you don't have one. But an attorney would be able to put together discovery requests tailored to your case. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all form.

Originally Posted by tickle

... Here is a website going by State if you are in the US, you dont say, this is important ...

Since OP is a federal employee, I suspect that the administrative law judge is part of a federal forum.

tickle · Jul 22, 2011, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by AK lawyer

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Since OP is a federal employee, I suspect that the administrative law judge is part of a federal forum.

Hi AK, so is this good or bad ?

Tick

AK lawyer · Jul 22, 2011, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by tickle

Hi AK, so is this good or bad ?

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Neither, that I know.

Just saying it's not a state-specific form.

bjnicholson · Jul 22, 2011, 02:58 PM

Thanks for your response. I have a pretty good idea about the format based on a good example that I have. I just wanted to make sure there was not a perscribed format.

bjnicholson · Jul 22, 2011, 03:00 PM

If one party or the other feels that the discovery information received wasn't adequate, that party would then file a motion with the court to require the other party to disclose more information. At that time, what was received by the moving party might be attached to the motion so that the judge could know what the argument is about.

bjnicholson · Jul 22, 2011, 03:01 PM

Thanks for your response. I have a pretty good idea about the format based on a good example that I have. I just wanted to make sure there was not a perscribed format.

bjnicholson · Jul 22, 2011, 03:03 PM

Thanks for your response. I have a pretty good idea about the format based on a good example that I have. I just wanted to make sure there was not a perscribed format.

ScottGem · Jul 22, 2011, 03:47 PM

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tickle · Jul 22, 2011, 04:57 PM

From OP to tick in comments format: Thanks for your response. I have a pretty good idea about the format based on a good example that I have. I just wanted to make sure there was not a perscribed format.

You could have made yourself perfectly clear on this point, seeing as you already had a format and just wanted to confirm. We are all volunteers here. We really appreciate it when an OP saves us time by giving more information to cut corners. We are however, so willing to help people as long as those people are up front in their needs.

Tick