Mertens v. Division of Consumer Services, State, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

ERVIN, Judge.

Judith Mertens appeals a non-final order denying her motion for protective order in which she sought to exercise her right, under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution, to decline to produce documentation of certain transactions of her sole proprietorship, General Unlimited Leasing Factors (GULF). We treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, grant the petition, and quash the order below.

On June 3, 1991, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Consumer Services (“division”), sued Mer-tens individually and doing…