Opinion ID: 707629
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Jencks Act Challenge

Text: 14 Vought claims that at trial he sought production, under the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3500, of statements made by Maurer. He was provided with partially redacted copies of her statements. He now objects because the district court did not order production of recordings or transcripts of Maurer's statements. However, Vought never made such a request at trial. We accordingly need not reach the merits of this claim because Vought did not properly raise it before the district court. See United States v. Hanna, 55 F.3d 1456, 1459 (9th Cir.1995). As we stated in Hanna, [p]roduction of statements covered by the Jencks Act ... is not automatic.... 'The burden rests upon the defendant to invoke the statute....'  Id. (quoting United States v. Burke, 506 F.2d 1165, 1168 (9th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 915, 95 S.Ct. 1576, 43 L.Ed.2d 781 (1975)). Vought's failure to request at trial the materials he now argues should have been produced precludes his argument on appeal.