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Rule 80.1. Instructions to Reporters
(b)
Reporter; Control. The reporter shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the assigned judge.
(c)
Caption Page. There shall be stated on the caption page: (a) the style of the cause in which the testimony is taken; (b) the place and date of its taking; (c) the identity of the party by whom each witness is called; (d) the name of the judge; and (e) the appearances of counsel. See Appendix of Forms, Form
3.
(d)
Testimony. The transcript of proceedings and testimony shall show the name of counsel by whom each witness was examined and cross-examined. At the top of each page shall appear the name of the witness and the nature of his or her examination, such as Roe-direct, Roe-cross, Roe-redirect, and Roe-recross.
(e)
Preparation of Transcript. The reporter shall transcribe all testimony on nontransparent white paper, either 81/2 inches wide by 11 inches long, or 8 inches wide by 101/2 inches long, bound on the left margin. The pages shall be numbered consecutively, with a minimum of 25 lines per page. It is not necessary for the witnesses to sign the transcripts of their testimony.
(f)
Exhibits. All exhibits offered by either of the parties shall bear the caption and number of the case, the exhibit numbers, in figures, whether for plaintiff or defendant unless the court provides for the offering parties to otherwise designate their exhibits, and the number of sheets in each exhibit. All exhibits admitted into evidence or designated to accompany the transcript shall accompany and be filed with the transcript of the testimony, but shall not be affixed thereto.
(g)
Certificate of Reporter. The reporter shall append to the transcript of the testimony a certificate similar to Appendix of Forms (Forms
3A and
3B). The certificate shall be signed by the reporter.
(h)
Index. At the beginning of each volume of the transcript of testimony, there shall be an index containing: (a) the names of the witnesses examined, citing the pages of the transcript where direct, cross, redirect, or recross began; and (b) the exhibits in the case, first for the plaintiff and then for the defendant, with a brief statement of the nature of each of the exhibits and with references to the pages of the transcript where said respective exhibits were (1) offered and (2) received into evidence. In addition, upon the preparation of the final transcript, where the number of pages exceeds 500, a master index containing the same information shall be prepared and bound separately.
(i)
Return of Transcript and Exhibits. Unless otherwise ordered by the judge, the reporter shall file the transcript of trial proceedings, including the exhibits admitted in evidence or designated to accompany the transcript, with the clerk within 30 days after the conclusion of the trial session at which such proceedings were had. The filing may be accomplished by personal delivery of the transcript and exhibits to the clerk’s office or by enclosing them in a packet and transmitting them to the Office of the Clerk of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison Place, NW, Washington, DC 20005, in sufficient time for the transcript and exhibits to be filed within the prescribed period. The obligation for the filing of the transcript and exhibits within the prescribed period rests upon the reporter.
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