United States v. Rajaratnam

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge:

Before the Court is a motion by third party Richard Choo-Beng Lee (“Lee”) to quash a subpoena duces tecum served upon him by defendant Raj Rajaratnam pursuant to Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Lee argues that several of the requests in the subpoena are overbroad and/or call for certain tax rec ords that are protected from disclosure pursuant to privileges under state law. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.

LEGAL STANDARD

A subpoena issued pursuant to Rule 17(c) of the Federal Rules of…