EFTA00031263.pdf

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
x 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
19 Cr. 830 (AT) 
TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, 
: 
Defendants. 
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MEMORANDUM OF LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT MICHAEL THOMAS'S MOTION TO COMPEL 
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN 
United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
Assistant United States Attorneys 
- Of Counsel - 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 
1 
STATEMENT OF FACTS 
2 
I. 
The Indictment 
2 
II. 
Pretrial Discovery and the Defendant's Request for Additional Materials 
3 
A. 
The Government's Discovery Production 
3 
B. 
Defense Requests for Additional Discovery Materials 
4 
ARGUMENT 
7 
I. 
Applicable Law 
7 
A. 
Brady & Giglio 
7 
B. 
Rule 16 
8 
II. 
Thomas is Not Entitled to Additional Materials 
8 
A. 
The Government Has Satisfied its Discovery and Disclosure Obligations 
8 
B. 
The Requested Records Are Not "Material" to Preparing a Defense and Are 
Sought for the Impermissible Purpose of Jury Nullification 
10 
1.Applicable Law 
10 
2.Discussion 
12 
C. 
The Government is Not Required to Collect Materials From Agencies Who 
Were Not Part of the Prosecution Team 
15 
1.Applicable Law 
16 
2. Discussion 
19 
D. 
Any Draft Inspector General Report is Not Subject to Disclosure 
21 
E. 
Thomas Has Not Carried His Burden With Respect to Discovery of Material in 
Support of a Selective Prosecution Claim 
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I .Applicable Law 
24 
2.Discussion 
26 
CONCLUSION 
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 
Cases 
27 
passim 
Amnesty Int'l USA v. CIA, 728 F. Supp. 2d 479 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) 
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) 
Color of Change v. United States Dep't of Homeland Sec., 325 F. Supp. 3d 447 
(S.D.N.Y. 2018) 
27 
Dep't of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass 'it, 532 U.S. 1 (2001) 
26, 27 
Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) 
In re Sealed Case, 121 F.3d 729 (D.C. Cir. 1997) 
passim 
26 
In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in E. Afri…
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