United States Fourth Circuit

On motion brought by intervenors, who are civil plaintiffs in tort suits regarding the September 11 attacks, order that government provide certain victims of the September 11 attacks non-public discovery materials that the government had provided to defendant Zacarias Moussaoui in the course of its criminal case against him is reversed as the district court lacked the power to institute the orders.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2006
• Decided 03/14/2007
• Published 03/14/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Steven L. Lane, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Nathan Lewin, Lewin & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, David J. Novak, Assistant United States Attorney, R. Joseph Sher, Assistant United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter, Terrorism Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Ronald L. Motley, Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Donald A. Migliori, Michael E. Elsner, Robert T. Haefele, Justin B. Kaplan, John M. Eubanks, Motley Rice, L.L.C., Mount Pleasant, South Carolina;  Alyza D. Lewin, Lewin & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  Marc S. Moller, Brian J. Alexander, Kreindler and Kreindler, L.L.P., New York, New York;  Gregory P. Joseph, Douglas J. Pepe, Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices, L.L.C., New York, New York;  Robert A. Clifford, Chicago, Illinois;  Richard A. Williamson, Flemming, Zulack, Williamson, Zauderer, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellees.