CONVERTINO v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 14-1722.

795 F.3d 587 (2015)

Richard G. CONVERTINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant, David Ashenfelter, Interested Party-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas J. Gruscinski , Convertino & Associates, Plymouth, Michigan, for Appellant. Richard E. Zuckerman , Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee Ashenfelter. ON BRIEF: Thomas J. Gruscinski , Convertino & Associates, Plymouth, Michigan, for Appellant. Richard E. Zuckerman , Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan, Brian D. Wassom , Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Herschel P. Fink, Detroit, Michigan for Appellee Ashenfelter.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, CLAY, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiff Richard Convertino appeals from orders entered by the district court sustaining the assertion of Fifth Amendment privilege by non-party witness David Ashenfelter in response to questions about the source or sources for a Detroit Free Press article published on January 17, 2014. This case is an ancillary...

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