United States v. Raymond J. Cadet, Barry Saffaie, Tabassom Ayazi

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

I

The government has appealed from the judgment dismissing a four-count indictment against Raymond J. Cadet (Cadet), Barry Saffaie (Saffaie), and Tabassom Aya-zi (Ayazi) with prejudice.

We must decide whether the district court erred in dismissing this matter because of the government’s good faith refusal to obey certain provisions of the court’s discovery order. We have concluded that it was improper to dismiss the indictment since significant portions of the order were invalid.

II

PERTINENT FACTS

An indictment was returned by the grand jury on June 30,1982, charging Cadet,…