[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 6, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 6CFR13.21]

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                       TITLE 6--HOMELAND SECURITY
 
   CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
 
PART 13_PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  13.21  Discovery.

    (a) In general. (1) The following types of discovery are authorized:
    (i) Requests for production of Documents for inspection and copying;
    (ii) Requests for admissions of the authenticity of any relevant 
Document or of the truth of any relevant fact;
    (iii) Written interrogatories; and
    (iv) Depositions.
    (2) Unless mutually agreed to by the parties, discovery is available 
only as ordered by the ALJ. The ALJ will regulate the timing of 
discovery.
    (b) Documents defined. (1) For the purpose of this section and 
Sec. Sec.  13.22 and

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13.23, the term Documents includes information, documents, reports, 
answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary 
evidence.
    (2) Nothing in this part will be interpreted to require the creation 
of a Document.
    (c) Motions for discovery. (1) A party seeking discovery may file a 
motion. Such a motion will be accompanied by a copy of the request for 
production of Documents, request for admissions, or interrogatories or, 
in the case of depositions, a summary of the scope of the proposed 
deposition.
    (2) Within ten days of service, a party may file an opposition to 
the motion or a motion for protective order as provided in Sec.  13.24.
    (3) The ALJ may grant a motion for discovery only if he or she finds 
that the discovery sought:
    (i) Is necessary for the expeditious, fair, and reasonable 
consideration of the issues;
    (ii) Is not unduly costly or burdensome;
    (iii) Will not unduly delay the proceeding; and
    (iv) Does not seek privileged information.
    (4) The burden of showing that discovery should be allowed is on the 
party seeking discovery.
    (5) The ALJ may grant discovery subject to a protective order under 
Sec.  13.24.
    (d) Depositions. (1) If a motion for deposition is granted, the ALJ 
will issue a subpoena for the deponent, which may require the deponent 
to produce Documents. The subpoena will specify the time and place at 
which the deposition will be held. Deposition requests for senior level 
DHS officials (including career and non-career senior executive level 
employees) shall not be approved absent showing of compelling need that 
cannot be met by any other means.
    (2) The party seeking to depose will serve the subpoena in the 
manner prescribed in Sec.  13.8.
    (3) The deponent may file a motion to quash the subpoena or a motion 
for a protective order within ten days of service. If the ALJ has not 
acted on such a motion by the return date, such date will be suspended 
pending the ALJ's final action on the motion.
    (4) The party seeking to depose will provide for the taking of a 
verbatim transcript of the deposition, which it will Make available to 
all other parties for inspection and copying.
    (e) Each party will bear its own costs of discovery.