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title: "FRCP e-Discovery — Rules 26 / 34 / 37 + FRE 502 (privilege) — KYE Protocol™ coverage"
description: "FRCP e-Discovery — Rules 26 / 34 / 37 + FRE 502 (privilege) coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/compliance/frcp-ediscovery/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
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> FRCP e-Discovery — Rules 26 / 34 / 37 + FRE 502 (privilege) coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it.

FRCP e-Discovery — Rules 26 / 34 / 37 + FRE 502 (privilege)

# FRCP e-Discovery — Rules 26 / 34 / 37 + FRE 502 (privilege) — 100% of in-scope requirements covered.

4 requirements · 3 in scope (3 enforced) · 1 out-of-scope (outside KYE™’s authority layer). The 100% is weighted over the in-scope base.

**Source:** The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern discovery in US federal litigation. Rule 26(b)(5) governs privilege claims; Rule 26(g) requires an attorney to certify that every discovery response is complete and reasonable; Rule 34 governs production of electronically stored information (ESI); Rule 37(e) governs sanctions for failure to preserve ESI; and Federal Rule of Evidence 502 governs privilege waiver and clawback. KYE Protocol™ governs whether an AI-assisted privilege determination / production decision / discovery certification may PROCEED to a consequential litigation action — under a named supervising attorney's authority, with chain-of-custody recorded, with a signed Evidence Pack™, and a contestability record so the determination can be reconstructed and challenged. KYE™ does not do the legal research, judge whether a document is in fact privileged, or render the attorney's certification judgment. · **License:** The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence are US government works in the public domain; KYE™ registry paraphrases each requirement's intent and cites the official rule identifier for mapping purposes only.

## By category

| Category | Reqs | Enforced | Designed | Advisory | Deferred | Coverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Named-authority on the privilege / discovery determination | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Discovery chain-of-custody for produced / withheld ESI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Contestability & sanctions-reconstruction of the determination | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Substantive privilege judgment & attorney certification on the merits | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **0%** |

## Every requirement → the KYE™ artefact that enforces it

| ID | Title | Status | KYE™ enforcement |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `frcp-ediscovery.rule26g-discovery-certification` | An AI-assisted privilege / discovery determination proceeds only under a recorded named-authority decision | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.request.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:litigation-evidence-discovery` **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `frcp-ediscovery.rule34-esi-chain-of-custody` | Produced / withheld ESI proceeds only with a recorded discovery chain-of-custody | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.evidence.pack.v1` **engines**: `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:litigation-evidence-discovery` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md` |
| `frcp-ediscovery.rule37-sanctions-reconstruction` | Contestability & reconstruction of an AI-assisted determination for a sanctions / spoliation inquiry | enforced | **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.pack.v1`, `kye.replay.context_seal.v1`, `kye.replay.proof.v1` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:litigation-evidence-discovery` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md`, `constitution/21-DELEGATED-AUDITABILITY.md` |
| `frcp-ediscovery.substantive-privilege-judgment` | Substantive privilege judgment, document review on the merits, and the attorney's reasonableness certification | out-of-scope | _(no enforcement cited)_ |

Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [Evidence Pack™](https://kyeprotocol.com/evidence-pack/) · [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).