Am. Plan Adm'rs v. S. Broward Hosp. Dist., No. 22-37 (2d Cir. 2022)
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Appellant American Plan Administrators (“APA”) appealed an order transferring to the Southern District of Florida its motion to quash a third-party subpoena. Appellee South Broward Hospital District (“South Broward”), which obtained the subpoena, moved to dismiss the appeal as taken from a non-final order. APA opposed, arguing that the collateral order doctrine applies to permit our review of the order.
At issue was whether an order transferring a motion to quash a third-party subpoena to the court that issued the subpoena, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(f), is immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine or is instead a non-final order that may be effectively reviewed after final judgment.
The Second Circuit granted Appellee’s motion and dismissed the appeal. The court held that a Rule 45(f) transfer order is non-final and not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine because it may be effectively reviewed by the transferee circuit after final judgment.
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