Amicus in Romain v. Napolitano (E.D.N.Y. Mar 16, 2012)

NIWAP served as lead amicus in the first VAWA Confidentiality appeal of denial of a criminal court discovery order. This was a case in which a domestic violence perpetrator who was being prosecuted for domestic violence sought discovery under Brady and W.M.V.Crio of the VAWA confidentiality protected VAWA self-petition immigration case filed by his battered immigrant spouse. The perpetrator of spousal rape subpoenaed the victims VAWA self-petition case from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Federal DistrictAmerican University, Washington College of Law** **148 Court ultimately denied the subpoena and discovery of the self-petition file by the criminal defendant spouse (E.D.N.Y. Mar 16, 2012).