Opinion
Case No. 3:03-cv-299
03-10-2014
TIMOTHY L. COLEMAN, Petitioner, v. MARGARET BRADSHAW, Warden, Respondent.
District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
ORDER TO PETITIONER'S COUNSEL
This capital habeas corpus case is before the Court on Petitioner's letter to Judge Sargus complaining of the conduct of his appointed counsel (Doc. No. 211). Coleman's counsel shall respond thereto not later than March 20, 2014. By reciting in the letter the content of various conversations between himself and his counsel, Coleman has waived the attorney-client communication privilege as to the content of those communications. The attorney-client privilege is waived by voluntary disclosure of the communication in such a way as to breach confidentiality United States v. Dakota, 197 F.3d 821, 825 (6 Cir. 2000), citing In re Grand Jury Proceedings October 12, 1995, 78 F.3d 251, 254 (6 Cir. 1996) Leybold-Heraeus Tech. Inc. v. Midwest Instrument Co., 118 F.R.D. 609 (E.D.Wis. 1977); supra; Fonar Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson, 277 U.S.P.Q. 886 (D. Mass. 1985).
Michael R. Merz
United States Magistrate Judge