Rule 5.401 - Discovery documents; Bates stamps(a) Every document produced in discovery should be identified with a unique identifier, signifying the party that produced it and its sequential order of production (e.g., "Plaintiff 0123," or for party John Smith, "JS0123"). Every party using that document in that case should continue to use the identifier given to it upon production.(b) Unique identifying numbers should normally be printed at the lower right corner of the document, unless that is not practicable, in which case it can be printed elsewhere on the document.Added effective 1/27/2017; amended effective 6/10/2022.