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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