You have a constitutional right to represent yourself. As part of that, you can seek discovery production from the State.You may need a public defender to make the request for you if you can't pay for your own defense lawyer. Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party's claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case. This Handbook is designed to help people with filing civil lawsuits in the Northern District of Ohio without legal representation. All you need to do is tell your judge what you need and ask them to order the opposing party to provide it within a set number of days. A party may serve upon any other party a written request for the admission, for purposes of the pending action only, of the truth of any matters. Here's how to request public records. They typically will have a form to fill out to request dash cam footage, etc. Customer. I could ask how to go about filing for discovery?