Rodriguez, Jorge v. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Monika

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• holding that defendant's right to bring ineffective assistance of counsel claim could not be conditioned on waiving attorney- client privilege with respect to subsequent prosecution
• providing that 25 “where a habeas petitioner raises a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, he waives the attorney-client privilege as to all communications with his allegedly ineffective lawyer”
• stating that invalid disclosure may create “serious prejudice” even at retrial
• stating that invalid disclosure may create “serious preju- dice” even at retrial
• finding that a protective order was appeal- able under the collateral order doctrine because “[i]f petitioner relies on the protective order by releasing privileged materials and it turns out to be invalid, he will suffer serious prejudice during any retrial”
• addressing habeas petitioner’s waiver of attorney-client privilege by raising ineffective assistance of counsel claim and noting court’s decision “applies equally to the work product privilege”

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