Opinion ID: 498386
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Text: 12 Because denial of a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum is ordinarily not an appealable final order within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 (1982), a brief discussion of our appellate jurisdiction is in order. As a rule, denial of a motion to quash becomes appealable only after the person served with the subpoena refuses to comply and has been held in contempt. See Cobbledick v. United States, 309 U.S. 323, 328, 60 S.Ct. 540, 542, 84 L.Ed.2d 783 (1940); Cogen v. United States, 278 U.S. 221, 223-24, 49 S.Ct. 118, 119, 73 L.Ed. 275 (1929); In re Katz, 623 F.2d 122, 124 (2d Cir.1980). There is an exception to this rule, however: where the subpoena is directed against a third party [who is unlikely to risk being held in contempt to vindicate someone else's rights], the movant who claims that production of the subpoenaed material would violate his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination is permitted an immediate appeal. Id. See also Perlman v. United States, 247 U.S. 7, 13, 38 S.Ct. 417, 420, 62 L.Ed. 950 (1918); In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenae Duces Tecum, 769 F.2d 52, 54-55 (2d Cir.1985). The situation before us falls squarely within this exception. We thus have jurisdiction to consider this appeal.