Opinion of the Clerk

SENTELL, Clerk.

RULE 7, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION — ORIGINAL FILING FOR COSTS — WHERE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTION FAIL TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER OF THE COURT WITH RESPECT TO DISCOVERY

Honorable Robert E. Hodnette, Jr., Presiding Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Mobile, Alabama, has made the following request to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for an opinion, pursuant to § 12-2-19(d), Code 1975:

I request your opinion as to whether the following circumstances would constitute an “original filing for costs” as contemplated by Rule 7 of the Rules of Judicial Administration.

Rule 37 of…