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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 2 - CIVIL PROCEDURE -- CIRCUIT COURT
CHAPTER 400 - DISCOVERY
AMEND Rule 2-411 to provide generally for a seven-hour
limitation on the duration of a deposition and to add language
referring to section (i) of Rule 2-415, as follows:
Rule 2-411. DEPOSITION — RIGHT TO TAKE
Any party to an action may cause the testimony of a person,
whether or not a party, to be taken by deposition for the purpose
of discovery or for use as evidence in the action or for both
purposes. Leave of court must be obtained to take a deposition
(a) before the earliest day on which any defendant’s initial
pleading or motion is required; or (b) that is longer than one
seven-hour day; (c) of an individual confined in prison; or (b)
(d) of an individual who has previously been deposed in the same
action; or (c) of an individual confined in prison unless further
deposition is permitted under Rule 2-415 (i) because substantive
changes have been made to the deposition transcript. Leave of
court may be granted on such terms as the court prescribes.
Source: This Rule is derived from former Rule 401 and the 2000
version of Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 (d)(2).
REPORTER’S NOTE
A proposed amendment to Rule 2-411 adds a new provision that
limits the duration of a deposition to one day of seven hours,
with additional time allowed by the court under certain
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