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rcement agency, any BOP records qualify as law enforcement records. But, as the Government cannot help but acknowledge, courts in this circuit—like the Ninth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit—have squarely rejected that per se approach, instead requiring a rational nexus to enforcement of a federal law. See Human Righ

cting the agency's deliberative process is not protected."); Local 3, Intl Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. NLRB, 845 F.2d 1177, 1180 (2d Cir. 1988) (same); Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 85 (2d Cir. 1991) (same). Accordingly, all factual 19 EFTA00071648 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docu

rcement agency, any BOP records qualify as law enforcement records. But, as the Government cannot help but acknowledge, courts in this circuit—like the Ninth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit—have squarely rejected that per se approach, instead requiring a rational nexus to enforcement of a federal law. See Human Righ

cting the agency's deliberative process is not protected."); Local 3, Intl Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. NLRB, 845 F.2d 1177, 1180 (2d Cir. 1988) (same); Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 85 (2d Cir. 1991) (same). Accordingly, all factual 19 EFTA00088725 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docu

strong incentives 257 See Wardius v. Oregon, 412 U.S. 470, 475-76 (1973); United States v. Bahamonde, 445 F.3d 1225, 1229 (9th Cir. 2006); Newman v. Hopkins, 192 F.3d 1132, 1135 (8th Cir. 1999), vacated 529 U.S. 1084 (2000); United States ex rel. Veal v. DeRobertis, 693 F.2d 642, 646- 47 (7th Cir. 1982).

ght of the conference report on Rule 16, compelling disclosure of witness names before trial appears inconsistent with the federal rules. And even if the Ninth Circuit's approach was valid at the time Armstrong was decided, such an approach is no longer valid in light of the CVRA. Rule 57(b) only provides a basis for