Opinion ID: 218877
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Company 1's request for an evidentiary hearing

Text: At the very least, Company 1 argues, it should have been afforded an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the government and Company 2 improperly colluded to bring Company 1's documents to the United States. But Company 1 has already presented to the district court substantial communications between the government and Company 2, and the court has determined that none of these communications show any improper behavior by either party. Company 1 obtained these communications through discovery in the Civil Litigation. It did not obtain, however, communications between Company 2 and the government that were deemed to be work-product materials. Company 1 argues that these additional communications might show collusion between Company 2 and the government. But Company 1 has not demonstrated how it could overcome the work-product protection that the district court has already ruled applies to these remaining documents. In sum, we find no clearly erroneous rulings by the district court in resolving the factual issue regarding the nature of Company 2's interaction with the government. Company 1 has thus failed to show that this issue merits any further investigation or an evidentiary hearing. See In re Grand Jury Subpoena, 920 F.2d 235, 241 (4th Cir.1990) (ruling that there was no need for an evidentiary hearing, relying on the district court's factual determination that there was no basis for believing that IRS civil agents had access to the materials at issue).