Securities & Exchange Commission v. CMKM Diamonds, Inc.

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Harold Gewerter, a Nevada attorney, seeking review of the Nevada district court’s order denying his motion to quash a subpoena for bank records of his client trust account. The district court concluded that it did not have the authority to consider Gewerter’s motion since the subpoena was issued by another district court. We hold that we have jurisdiction over this appeal in the circumstances of this case, because the bank has no incentive to disobey the subpoena and force an otherwise appealable contempt order. We affirm the district…