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GOVERNMENT OF GHANA v. PROENERGY SERVICES, LLC

No. 11-2714.

677 F.3d 340 (2012)

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA, Movant-Appellant, v. PROENERGY SERVICES, LLC; ProEnergy Services International, Inc.; Balkan Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Siegfried , argued, Jeffrey Amato , on the brief, New York, NY, for Movant-Appellant.

Robert Walker Russell , argued, Sedalia, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOKEN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

The Government of Ghana filed an application for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, seeking documents exchanged in a separate lawsuit between the current defendants. Section 1782 allows federal courts to provide assistance in gathering evidence for use in foreign tribunals. Under § 1782(a), a district court of the district in which a person resides may order that person to produce documents in accordance with the Federal Rules...

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