Rule 39. Trial

(a) By the Court. All contested issues of fact and law shall be tried at a location selected by the court.

(b) Reporting Arrangements; Return of Transcript. (1) Record of Proceedings. The court will by contract furnish a reporter to take down the trial proceedings and transcribe the same in any trial held in any State of the United States or the District of Columbia. Unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown, the court will not furnish a reporter at any trial held at any other place.

(2) Reporter; Control. The reporter shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the judge.

(3) Return of Transcript and Exhibits. Unless otherwise ordered by the judge, the reporter shall file the transcript of trial proceedings, including the exhibits admitted in evidence or designated to accompany the transcript, with the clerk within 30 days after the conclusion of the trial session at which such proceedings were had. The filing may be accomplished by personal delivery of the transcript and exhibits to the clerk's office or by enclosing them in a packet and transmitting them to the Clerk, United States Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, in sufficient time for the transcript and exhibits to be filed within the prescribed period. The obligation for the filing of the transcript and exhibits within the prescribed period rests upon the reporter.

(As amended Dec. 4, 1992.)