This document is for educational use only. In this case, the court was concerned that full discovery might intimidate individual claimants, compromise the U visa program, and law enforcement efforts more broadly. The Fifth Circuit directed the district court to craft an approach to discovery that ensures identifying information about individual victims was not revealed.
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[pdf] Carzola v. Koch Order on U-visa discovery (March 20, 2018) (+)
This document is for educational use only. This case found that Allowing U visa discovery from the claimants themselves in this high-profile case will undermine the spirit, if not the letter, of those Congressionally sanctioned assurances and may sow confusion over when and how U visa information may be disclosed, deterring immigrant victims of abuse–many […]
[pdf] Briggs v. Hedgpeth- 9th Cir ( October 7, 2014) (+)
This document is for educational use only. The case found that it was erroneous to preclude the defense from asking about U visa benefits that were offered to the victim, but also found that it was a harmless error because there was substantial evidence of the crime.