Legal Opinion
Oksana Oleszko v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, David Howard, and Dora Cooke
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2001No. 99-15207PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Oksana Oleszko appeals the denial of her motion to compel discovery from the State Compensation Insurance Fund’s (“SCIF”) Employee Assistance Program (“EAP”). 1 The district court concluded that the federal psychotherapist-patient privilege protected the requested information from disclosure. See Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1, 116 S.Ct. 1923, 135 L.Ed.2d 337 (1996). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
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BACKGROUND
This case arose from Oleszko’s Title VII claim against the SCIF and her individual supervisors, in which she alleged sexual…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jaffee v. RedmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- United States v. Ronald E. SchwensowCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Frank J. Carman v. McDonnell Douglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. BlackmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. LoweDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- United States v. Steven Gene ChaseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Robert Allen RomoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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