5th Circuit Vacates U Visa Discovery Orders, Remands For New Approach

Mealey's (September 30, 2016, 10:39 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The grant of discovery orders seeking visa information for undocumented aliens cooperating in a government investigation of an employer accused of discrimination are too broad and impose an undue burden, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 27, remanding to the Mississippi trial court “to devise an approach to U visa discovery that adequately protects the diverse and competing interests at stake” (Maria Cazorla, et al. v. Koch Foods of Mississippi, L.L.C., et al., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Koch Foods of Mississippi, L.L.C., No. 15-60562, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17565)....