Opinion
19-cr-0780 (LAK)
11-22-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. SYLVIA ASH, Defendant.
ORDER
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, DISTRICT JUDGE.
In view of the reportedly unresolved disagreement between defendant and the Municipal Credit Union (“MCU”) concerning MCU's assertion of attorney-client privilege and/or work product protection with respect certain materials evidently sought by defendant and the desirability of settling that matter in advance of trial, it is hereby
ORDERED, as follows:
1. Any application by defendant to compel MCU to produce any such material shall be filed no later than 1 p.m. on November 24, 2021.
2. Defendant shall provide MCU with a copy of this order today and advise MCU as promptly as possible whether defendant will make any such motion. '
3. Defendant shall not present evidence or argument to the jury regarding MCU's assertion of privilege and/or work product protection, including in opening statement, absent prior permission of the Court.
SO ORDERED.