United States v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S APPEAL OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER ON MOTION TO COMPEL

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. BACKGROUND. 944

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS. 945

A. The Motion And Ruling. 945

1. The parties’arguments. 945

2. The magistrate judge’s ruling. 946

3. The motion to reconsider and the ruling. 947

B. The Parties’Arguments On Appeal. 947

C. The Standard Of Review. 948

D. Application Of The Standard. 948

1. Is the Stipulation ambiguous?. 949

2. Does the Stipulation applg to the documents in question? 951

a. Series “E” documents. 951

b. Series “J” documents. 952

c. Series “K”…