Legal Opinion
In Re Missouri Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 13, 2016No. 16-3072PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
The Missouri Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) has filed two petitions for writs of mandamus prohibiting the district court from enforcing discovery orders. The first order requires MDOC to produce a detailed privilege log, and the second order requires MDOC to reveal information regarding its use of pentobarbital in executions, including the identity of its anonymous supplier. The anonymous supplier has moved to intervene under the pseudonym M7 and has filed a motion for leave to file a petition of its own. For the reasons stated below, we grant both of MDOC’s petitions, and we deny as moot…
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