In an employment action, the discovery of U visa case file was limited because 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. The District court’s discovery order on remand after the 5th Circuit ruling limited discovery to U visa certification forms only and required that personal identifying information of the victims be redacted. (5th Cir. Sep. 27, 2016).
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