United States v. Bonanno Organized Crime Family

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLASSER, District Judge:

The government has applied for review of the Order of Magistrate A. Simon Chrein, dated September 18, 1987, which purports to grant a motion by defendant Anthony Spero for a protective order to preclude the production of Mr. Spero’s tax returns on the ground of privilege. The Order refers to “the arguments of counsel made on the record on September 11, 1987.” A review of the transcript of the September 11th proceedings before Magistrate Chrein (“Tr.”), however, indicates that the parties’ arguments concerned Spero’s motion to stay discovery in this…