Subpoenas in Securities & Exchange Commission v. Selden

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DENYING THE FDA’S MOTION TO Quash; Granting Selden’s Motion to Compel

URBINA, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a securities enforcement action against Richard F. Selden in federal court in Massachusetts. In preparing his defense, Selden served two subpoenas on the United States Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Biologies Evaluation and Review, a division of the Food and Drug Administration (collectively, the “FDA”). Previously, the court rejected the FDA’s attempts to skirt its obligations under…