Pritchard v. County of Erie

MINER, Circuit Judge:

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This Petition calls upon us once again to resolve an important question of attorney-client privilege raised in the course of discovery in the ongoing litigation challenging the strip search practices at the Erie County Jail. In requiring the production of ten e-mails that passed between attorney and client in this litigation, the District Court applied the rule that the attorney-client privilege is deemed waived when the advice of counsel is placed in issue. We recognize that there has been some uncertainty surrounding the rule and consider the need for clarification of…