In Re Grand Jury Investigation V.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SEP 08 2016

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION Nos. 16-50234 16-55640

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, D.C. No. 2:15-cm-01014-UA-

Appellee,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

DOE APPELLANTS AND

CORPORATIONS,

Respondents-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 31, 2016** Pasadena, California

Before: SILVERMAN, FISHER, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Page 2 of 4 1. Under Perlman v. United States, 247 U.S. 7 (1918), we have jurisdiction

to review the order requiring production of documents entered on June 27, 2016.

Because appellants’ former attorneys would likely produce the allegedly privileged

documents to the government rather than risk a contempt…