United States v. Layton

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF. SUKH-DEO TAPES

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

The government seeks to compel defendant to produce tapes made of conversations between himself and Dr. Hardat Sukhdeo. Because we find no authority to compel pretrial disclosure of these materials, and, further, because the materials which the government seeks are privileged under the attorney-client privilege, we deny the government’s motion to compel discovery.

FACTS

Dr. Sukhdeo is the Chief of Psychiatry at Jersey Medical School in New Jersey. According to his declaration, he…