Objections and Responses to Notice of Deposition
(Federal)

Summary

This template contains objections and responses that can be used in a federal district court case. It includes example language and drafting notes. A party who wants to take an oral deposition must give reasonable notice in writing to every other party to the action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(1). You may object to the notice if it does not state the required information, such as when, where, and how the examination will take place. While these objections are not required, they memorialize the entity's positions and can facilitate a resolution prior to the deposition. These sample objections assume that the plaintiff is the deposing party. Related Content For a full listing of key content covering depositions in federal court litigation, see Deposition Resource Kit (Federal). For a full listing of key content covering fundamental civil litigation tasks throughout a federal court litigation lifecycle, see Civil Litigation Fundamentals Resource Kit (Federal). For more on the notice of deposition and depositions generally, see: • Depositions: Drafting and Serving a Notice of Deposition (Federal) • Deposition Fundamentals (Federal) • Depositions: Defending a Deposition (Federal) • Depositions: Preparing a Defense Witness Checklist (Federal)