In re Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PER CURIAM: *

Before us is a petition for writ of mandamus filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) after the district court ordered that an EEOC attorney be deposed and certain internal documents be produced despite the EEOC’s assertion of privilege. Because the deposition and documents are privileged and no exception to privilege has been shown, we GRANT the writ.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This mandamus petition comes at the tail end of a lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Agro Distribution, L.L.C. (“Agro”) for alleged violations of the Americans with…