Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Applicant-Appellant v. Gerald D.W. North, President of North & Barron, a Professional Corporation

29 F.3d 631 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Applicant-Appellant, v. Gerald D.W. NORTH, President of North & Barron, a Professional Corporation, Respondent-Appellee. No. 93-15101. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and submitted as to Appellant June 17, 1994. Submitted on the Briefs as to Appellee * June 17, 1994. Decided July 11, 1994. Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") appeals the denial of enforcement by the district court of its subpoena requesting North & Barron, a law firm, to produce certain documents and information concerning the firm's hiring processes. We reverse and remand. I. 3 "[W]hether the district court correctly limited the scope of judicial inquiry in [an agency] subpoena enforcement proceeding is a question of law, reviewable de novo...." EPA v. Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co., 836 F.2d…