Devin Nunes' family dairy must produce workers' citizenship records in lawsuit, judge orders

A federal judge Thursday ordered employees at an Iowa dairy owned by Rep. Devin Nunes’ father and brother to produce whatever documents they have about their immigration status for a long-running defamation lawsuit the family filed against Esquire magazine.

The order followed a complaint from Hearst Magazines in which the company contended Nunes’ family attorney, Steven S. Biss, was making it difficult to find out more about the status of the employees.

Mark Roberts, a U.S. magistrate judge for the northern district of Iowa, said that in the future, Biss or any attorney representing dairy employees “will inform the employees of their obligation to search for the requested documents and bring the documents to the deposition, if they still possess them.”

They also will have to advise the employees that the court has ordered this action, “and employees may be asked about their efforts to comply at the deposition.”

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