What does STANDING DISCOVERY ORDER mean?

Answer 1

From FindLaw's Dictionary:

1: the act or process of discovering

2: something discovered
Example: applied for a patent for the discovery

3 a: the methods used by parties to a civil or criminal action to obtain information held by the other party that is relevant to the action
b: the disclosure of information held by the opposing party in an action
Example: a party may obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any insurance agreement -- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26(b)(2)

Check the link for further explanation. From what I have been able to determine, a "standing discovery order" simply means that instead of having to file a motion of discovery in every criminal case and get a discovery order issued indivdually each time, there is a "standing discovery order" put in place for all criminal cases handled by a certain Court district as a tool used to speed the processing of the cases. See the second link.

Answer 2

Discovery is part of the pre-trial process. It's the way that documents and evidence gets exchanged between the parties as part of the established rules of civil or criminal procedure.

A discovery order is a court order that says certain documents and/or evidence shall be turned over or made available to the other party.

Some discovery orders deal with an ongoing issue, so they remain in effect (standing orders) until the court issues a new order.

Answer 3

yep...i concur with what he said!