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Thanks Spacetec.
Feels like a perfectly logical argument to me, but in no way am I an expert in US law and precedents in legals battles, I would've thought there is a basic principle that all evidence intended to be used in trial must be presented to the defence ahead of the trial.
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Tellingly, the government does not offer any support for its position that it need not identify any of Indivior’s co-conspirators or disclose each of the false or fraudulent statements it intends to introduce at trial. See id. at 8-10. It similarly refuses, without justification, to offer any clarification for its unsupported claim in the Indictment that Indivior intentionally aided and abetted physicians in prescribing pharmaceuticals in a “careless and clinically unwarranted” manner. See id. at 10-12. The government does not contend that it would be onerous or burdensome to do so or that it does not have the information readily available. It apparently just prefers that Indivior “waste precious pre-trial preparation time guessing” about the nature of its charges. See United States v. Trie, 21 F. Supp. 2d 7, 21 (D.D.C. 1998). These continued attempts to hamper Indivior’s effective preparation for trial should not be permitted. Any doubt about the need for a bill of particulars “must be resolved in favor of disclosure and [any] conflicting concerns must yield to paramount public interest in affording the accused a reasonable foundation for mounting a defense.” United States v. Manetti, 323 F. Supp. 683, 696 (D. Del. 1971).
CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, and for the reasons addressed in Indivior’s opening and reply briefs supporting its motions (ECF Nos. 118, 175, 137, and 185) and in the Objections filed with this Court (ECF No. 226), Indivior respectfully requests that the Court vacate Magistrate Judge Sargent’s Order and grant its Motion to Compel and Motion for Bill Particulars
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The government explains in its Response that it has already provided certain select materials that were in the possession of other government offices as a part of its Brady and Rule 16 productions to Indivior. Id. Thus, it is clear the government actually recognizes that it is obligated to produce materials it knows about that are favorable to the defense regardless of where the documents are located. But instead of producing all the known records that are exculpatory or material to Indivior’s defense from these agencies, the government simply selected a subset of the known materials, leaving behind the others Indivior has identified as subject to production under Rule 16 and Brady. The government cannot pick and choose what to produce to a defendant from the universe of known Rule 16 and Brady material. It must produce all records and information that are either exculpatory or material to Indivior’s defense. II. Motion for Bill of Particulars In ruling on Indivior’s Motion for Bill of Particulars, Magistrate Judge Sargent did not address many of the key elements that are lacking in the Indictment that are necessary to Indivior’s ability to prepare its defense and prevent undue surprise at trial. See Objections to Mem. Order at 8-12. This failure to address these requested particulars that courts routinely order the government to provide was clearly erroneous. In its Response, the government does not offer any justification for its refusal to provide these critical details or Magistrate Judge Sargent’s failure to address them. It simply relies on the length of the Indictment and other, unrelated details included therein in an apparent attempt to justify the omission of other critical information.
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Importantly, it is the government’s knowledge of materials favorable to the defense, rather than the location of the specified documents, that triggers its obligations under Brady and Rule 16 to produce. See Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419, 437-38 (1995) (addressing the government’s obligation to disclose any evidence favorable to the defense that is known either to the prosecution or “known to the others acting on the government’s behalf in the case” (emphasis added)); United States v. W.R. Grace, 401 F. Supp. 2d 1069, 1078 (D. Mont. 2005) (“The prosecution is in possession of information held by any government agency provided the prosecution has knowledge of and access to the information. This is so regardless of whether the agency holding the information participated in the investigation.”). In large part, the government does not seem to dispute this standard. Instead, it misrepresents what Indivior is asking the government to do. To be very clear, Indivior is not asking that the government conduct aimless
searches of government offices not involved in the investigation to identify any evidence favorable to the accused that they might have and then produce it pursuant to Brady. See Response at 2. Instead, Indivior has clearly identified the defense favorable materials that are already known to the government and subject to production under Rule 16 and Brady. Given that the government has knowledge of these specified materials, it must simply ask these agencies for the records and produce them to Indivior. No directionless searches are necessary to fulfill this requirement
DEFENDANTS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF OBJECTIONS TO
THE MEMORANDUM ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO COMPEL AND MOTION FOR BILL OF PARTICULARS
In its Response in Opposition to Indivior’s Objections (ECF No. 227) (the government’s
“Response”), the government does not respond to the key issues Indivior raised in its brief
submitted to this Court objecting to the Order denying its Motion to Compel and Motion for Bill
of Particulars (ECF No. 220) (the “Order”). Instead, the government continues its attempt to
sidestep its obligations and mischaracterize Indivior’s arguments in contending that they find no
basis in the law. Yet Indivior’s position made clear in its Motion to Compel that the government
has an obligation to produce all known records that are exculpatory and material to Indivior’s
defense is rooted in clearly established Supreme Court precedent. And in its Motion for Bill of
Particulars, Indivior has simply requested the necessary information that courts routinely require
the government to provide to close critical gaps in the Indictment.
The records and information Indivior is seeking through these motions are necessary to
Indivior’s preparation of its defense and its ability to avoid unfair surprise at trial. Without the
critical records and information, Indivior will be severely hampered in this effort, and ultimately
denied a fair trial. Thus, for the reasons addressed in greater detail in Indivior’s briefs submitted
to Magistrate Judge Sargent on these motions (ECF Nos. 118, 175, 137, and 185) and in the
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Objections filed with this Court (ECF No. 226), Indivior respectfully requests that the Court
vacate the Order and grant Indivior’s Motion to Compel and Motion for Bill of Particulars.
I. Motion to Compel
The government’s Response highlights the key error in Magistrate Judge Sargent’s Order
on Indivior’s Motion to Compel. Specifically, the government represents to this Court that it has
“duly supplied Indivior with all evidence arguably favorable to the accused known to the[]
offices” that participated in the investigation. Response at 2. But in doing so, it does not address
any of the additional materials repeatedly identified by Indivior that are exculpatory and material
to Indivior’s defense and that have not yet been produced in this case. See Mem. in Support of
Def. Mot. to Compel at 8-18 (ECF No. 118); Reply in Support of Def. Mot. to Compel at 4-12
(ECF No. 175); Objections to Mem. Order at 3-5 (ECF No. 226). At no point has the
government denied knowledge of these records—it has simply ignored Indivior’s repeated
requests for production.
Importantly, it is the government’s knowledge of materials favorable to the defense,
rather than the location of the specified documents, that triggers its obligations under Brady and
Rule 16 to produce. See Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419, 437-38 (1995) (addressing the
No expert on how to read these but seems like clutching at straws by Indivior
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14903922/united-states-v-indivior-inc/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc