(B) An order refusing to allow the disobedient party to support or oppose designated claims or defenses, or prohibiting him from introducing designated matters in evidence (A) An order that the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order If a party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a party or a person designated under Rule 30(b)(6) or 31(a) to testify on behalf of a party fails to obey an order to provide or permit discovery, including an order made under subdivision (a) of this rule or Rule 35, or if a party fails to obey an order entered under Rule 26(f), the court in which the action is pending may make such orders in regard to the failure as are just, and among others the following: (2) Sanctions by Court in Which Action Is Pending. If a deponent fails to be sworn or to answer a question after being directed to do so by the court the failure may be considered a contempt of that court. (1) Sanctions by Court in Circuit Where Deposition Is Taken. If the motion is granted in part and denied in part, the court may apportion the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to the motion among the parties and persons in a just manner. If the motion is denied, the court shall, after opportunity for hearing, require the moving party or the attorney advising the motion or both of them to pay to the party or deponent who opposed the motion the reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion, including attorney's fees, unless the court finds that the making of the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. If the motion is granted, the court shall, after opportunity for hearing, require the party or deponent whose conduct necessitated the motion or the party or attorney advising such conduct or both of them to pay to the moving party the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the order, including attorney's fees, unless the court finds that the opposition to the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. For purposes of this subdivision an evasive or incomplete answer is to be treated as a failure to answer. If the court denies the motion in whole or in part, it may make such protective order as it would have been empowered to make on a motion made pursuant to Rule 26(c). When taking a deposition on oral examination, the proponent of the question may complete or adjourn the examination before he applies for an order. If a deponent fails to answer a question propounded or submitted under Rule 30 or 31, or a corporation or other entity fails to make a designation under Rule 30(b)(6) or 31(a), or a party fails to answer an interrogatory submitted under Rule 33, or if a party, in response to a request for inspection submitted under Rule 34, fails to respond that inspection will be permitted as requested or fails to permit inspection as requested, the discovering party may move for an order compelling an answer, or a designation, or an order compelling inspection in accordance with the request. An application for an order to a deponent who is not a party shall be made to the court in the place where the deposition is being taken. An application for an order to a party may be made to the court in which the action is pending, or, on matters relating to a deposition in progress, to the court where the deposition is being taken. A party, upon reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected thereby, may apply for an order compelling discovery as follows: (a) Motion for Order Compelling Discovery. FAILURE TO MAKE OR COOPERATE IN DISCOVERY: SANCTIONS
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