Pedroso v. State

This is an appeal from a court order finding the appellant in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum, as ordered to by the court. We affirm.

The appellant is the records custodian of Eight & Eight Centro Medico, Inc. (Medico). In the course of conducting a Medicaid fraud investigation of Medico, the Auditor General’s Office caused the trial court to issue a subpoena duces tecum requiring the appellant to produce for inspection medical and health claims forms submitted to the Medicaid fiscal agency for sixty-two named Medicaid patients of Medico. The appellant did not…