The following excerpt is from United States v. Doe, 705 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2013):
With respect to the alleged discovery violations, the district judge abused his discretion in denying Requests Five and Six, and the government's failure to disclose this information may have been a violation of Brady v. Maryland. However, we do not know what information those documents contain, or if they exist at all, and thus we are unable to determine the effect of the failure to disclose. Thus, Doe's conviction is vacated and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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