Free Opening Brief in Support - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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_ ._ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I
· · FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE _
I j IN RE LETTER OF REQUEST Q ) . Y S I l .
Snow RUSSIA . ) -
IN THE MATTER OF ~ )— Misc No. 05- c
BENHURST PRODUCTS ` } · . ‘
Upon application of_the United States of America; and
. C upon examination off a nletter nof request from Russia whose
· authorities are seeking certain testimony and information from
individuals which may be found in this District, for use in a
judicial proceeding in Russia and the Court being fully informed in S
. - the premises, it is hereby l
l ORDERED, pursuant toy Title 28, United _States Code,
Section 1782, that Richard Gl Andrews, Assistant United States
.‘- Attorney,·hereby is appointed as Commissioner of this Court and is
hereby directed to execute the letter of request from the Russian
authorities as follows: yn C U _ l -‘ C l _ U
A 1. to take such steps as are necessary, including
issuance of commissioner's subpoenas to be served on persons within
_ the jurisdiction of this Court, to collect the evidence requested;
· l l ‘ -2. provide-notice with respect to the collection of
, evidence to those persons identified in the requests as parties to.
. whom notice should be given (and no notice to any other party
shall be required);_ U . nj U Hf U n" C U

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é 3. adopt procedures to collect the evidence requested
consistent with its use as evidence in a proceeding before a Court
in Russia, which procedures may be specified in the request or i
provided by the Russian authorities; `
an 4. seek such further orders of this Court as may be
l _ ·necessary to execute this request; and . ‘
_ _ 5. certify and submit the evidence collected to the l U
I l Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division, United States
E Department of Justice, or as otherwise_directed by that office for ‘ `
transmission to the Russian authorities. U
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in collecting the evidence
l requested, the Commissioner may be accompanied by persons whose
l presence or participation is authorized by the Commissioner.
Dated: This y n day of , 2005. .
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