In Re: United States of America Janet Reno, Attorney General and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General

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• holding that high government officials should not be called to testify unless “the discovery sought is relevant and necessary and that it cannot otherwise be obtained”
• holding that, in order to depose the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, the plaintiff had to establish “both that the discovery sought is relevant and necessary and that it cannot otherwise be obtained.”
• explaining that “[h]igh ranking government officials have greater duties and time constraints” than others such that if other persons can provide information sought, discovery will not be permitted against such an official
• quashing subpoena issued to the Attorney General, finding that defendant failed to “show[ ] that there are no other sources for the information he seeks”
• quashing subpoena issued to the Attorney General, finding that defendant failed to “show[ ] that there are no other sources for the information he seeks”
• “If other persons can provide the information sought, discovery will not be permitted against [a high-ranking government] official.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).