In re: JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA v.

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (hereinafter, “Chase”) initiated this mandamus proceeding, asking the court to intervene in what essentially is a discovery dispute. Before the district court, Chase unsuccessfully argued that fifty-five pages of Chase records were shielded from production or use in the underlying putative class action per a provision of the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. § 5318(g) (hereinafter, “the Act”), and related regulations. As explained below, there are significant reasons to doubt that the Act and related regulations apply at all to the unique facts of this…