Francis v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC

OPINION

By the Court,

Saitta, C.J.:

In this appeal, we address several issues arising from a civil litigant’s invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. The salient issue we consider is how, in response to a civil litigant’s request for accommodation of his or her privilege, the district court should proceed in order to prevent the opposing party from being unfairly disadvantaged. As it pertains to this matter, we address whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit appellant to withdraw his invocation and in denying his request to reopen…