In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 25, 2011, USA v. John Doe

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal of a judgment of civil contempt. On April 7, 2011, John Doe was served with a subpoena duces tecum requiring him to appear before a Northern District of Florida grand jury and produce the unencrypted contents located on the hard drives of Doe’s laptop computers and five external hard drives. 1 Doe informed the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida that, when he appeared before the grand jury, he would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to comply with the subpoena. 2 Because the Government…