RULE 1.2                                           FILING OF DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS

    1. Except as permitted by this Rule and the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, originals or copies of any discovery requests or answers to discovery requests shall not be filed with the Clerk of Courts. Certificates of Notice of service of requests for discovery or answers shall be filed as required by Rules of Civil Procedure. The Clerk of Courts shall not accept for filing any document prohibited by this Rule. The Clerk shall accept for filing the originals of interrogatories only when filed for service with the original complaint. When original interrogatories are filed with the Complaint, the Clerk shall serve the original of the interrogatories on the defendant or defendants.

    2. The Clerk shall accept for filing copies of any discovery documents where the documents are filed in support of a motion, including a motion objecting to the discovery or answers to the discovery, or seeking to compel discovery or for use at trial or hearing.

    3. The purpose of this Rule to limit the amount of documents filed in an action in order to conserve space and to have filed with the Court, only those documents necessary for decisions.