Russell
Russell v. Maman
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEPHEN RUSSELL, Case No. 18-cv-06691-RS (AGT)
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER REGARDING
v. DOCUMENT WITHHELD ON FIFTH
AMENDMENT PRIVILEGE GROUNDS
NIR MAMAN, et al., Re: ECF No. 207 Defendants.
Plaintiff and defendants Ryan Micheletti, Legion Industries, and Shield Corps Security (collectively, “Defendants”) filed a joint letter to address their discovery dispute concerning Defendants’ refusal to produce a two-page document that Micheletti, the custodian of records of Legion and Shield, has withheld on Fifth Amendment privilege grounds. ECF No. 207. Plaintiff asserts that the disputed document is responsive to discovery requests issued to all three Defendants, so Micheletti, in his capacity as custodian of Legion’s and Shield’s corporate records, has no Fifth Amendment right to refuse to produce it. Id. at 1–2. Plaintiff therefore asks the Court to order Legion and Shield to produce the document at Bates Nos. 0696–0697. Having reviewed the…