United States Eleventh Circuit

Granting of government application for judicial assistance to foreign tribunals, resulting in appointment of Assistant U.S. Attorney to obtain sworn answers from appellant to questions posed in Panamanian Court's letter rogatory, is affirmed as: 1) the Panamanian Court's request for assistance in obtaining appellant's sworn answers for use in the proceeding in Panama was proper under 28 U.S.C. section 1782; 2) the district court had authority to grant the application; 3) appellant has not shown that the district court abused its discretion; and 4) Rule 69(a), Fed. R. Civ. P., does not bar the discovery authorized in this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2007
• Published 03/21/2007

Judges

• HULL, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, HULL and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, Elliot B. Kula, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Charles M. Auslander, The Children's Trust, Miami, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anne R. Schultz, Lisette M. Reid, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, FL, for Appellee.