Opinion ID: 198984
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Heading: The Prosecution's Failure to Turn Over the Sworn Statement of Officer Burgos

Text: 104 Rios-Rios alleges that the district court erred in concluding that the prosecution had no obligation to turn over the sworn statement of Officer Burgos. The district court ruled that Officer Burgos' sworn statement regarding Ortiz-Santiago's arrest was not discoverable as Jencks Act material, see 18 U.S.C. § 3500, since the government could not obtain it from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico office that had created and maintained it. We see no error in this determination. See, e.g., United States v. Durham, 941 F.2d 858, 861 (9th Cir. 1991) (Under the Jencks Act, the prosecutor is required to disclose only those statements which are in the possession of the United States.); United States v.Polizzi, 801 F.2d 1543 (9th Cir. 1986) (same).