United States v. Fox

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, Chief Judge.

At a hearing held on August 12, 2003, this matter came on to consider the motion (filing 139) for a subpoena to produce documents prior to trial directed at the Nebraska State Patrol. 1 The defense seeks the documents to support its pretrial motion that the traffic stop in this case was the product of racial profiling. For the reasons stated below, I granted the basic relief sought by the defense.

I now explain the reasons for my ruling. I will also clarify my earlier ruling regarding ex parte consideration of these types of motions, and I will set forth…