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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 22
Judge Xinis UNLOADS on DOJ, saying that their time of offering only "boilerplate assertions" to justify claims of privilege "ends now."

She gives them 24 hours to assert all remaining privileges with the "required detail" — or forfeit any further assertions of privilege over evidence in this case.
Nor does the Court find Defendants’ protestations regarding the abbreviated time-line persuasive. For weeks, Defendants have sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this Court’s orders. Defendants have known, at least since last week, that this Court requires specific legal and factual showings to support any claim of privilege. Yet they have continued to rely on boilerplate assertions. That ends now. If Defendants want to preserve their privilege claims, they must support them with the required detail. Otherwise, they will lose the protections they failed to properly invoke. Accordingly, by no later than 6:00 PM on April 23, 2025, Defendants shall supplement their answers and responses to provide the specific legal and factual bases for each asserted privilege and produce a privilege log that fully complies with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s Local Rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(A)(ii); see also D. Md. Loc. R. App. A, Guideline 10
April 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM