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Title: United States Ex Rel Totten v. Bombardier Corporation
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Release Date : January 27, 2004
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 100 KB

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The appellant, an adult male who is a committed ward of the District of Columbia Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Administration (MRDDA), appeals from a district court order requiring MRDDA to produce all of his records to counsel for plaintiffs who are suing MRDDA and the District. We conclude that the court abused its discretion by ordering production of the records without determining whether any are subject to the federal psychotherapist privilege recognized in Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996), and without weighing the probative value of the non-privileged records against the extent of the intrusion into the appellants legitimate privacy interests. We therefore vacate the order and remand for further proceedings.