United Nations Ex Rel. Independent Inquiry Committee Into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Program v. Parton

Granting The Plaintiff’s Emergency Motion

URBINA, District Judge.

On May 9, 2005, the United Nations (“UN”), acting on behalf of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program (“IIC”), requested emergency injunctive relief to prevent former IIC investigator, Robert H. Parton, from responding to congressional subpoenas requiring testimony and the production of documents that Parton allegedly took from the UN. The parties reached a compromise that day and consented to the court entering an order enjoining the defendant from disclosing information that he obtained…