Generally, a party may ask for any information that is not privileged and is relevant to the lawsuit. This article explains "requests for production," which are a tool for gathering evidence in a lawsuit as part of discovery.The deposition of a witness duly taken before an examining trial or a jury of inquest and reduced to writing or recorded and then certified according to law. 191.5 Service of Discovery Materials. Changes to the discovery rules effective January 1, 2021 increased the threshold for Level 1 cases from. Discovery is a legal process that allows parties to request information from one another. The procedures to obtain discovery in Texas for an outofstate proceeding remain as generally discussed in the older article below. Still in the era of disco and decadence, guess whatthat's right our State of Texas still hated discovery for the accused. Therefore, the Civil Practice Law and Rules (the "CPLR" for short). (Article 31) provides that the parties to a lawsuit may obtain certain information from one.