the assertion of the fifth amendment does not substitute for evidence needed to meet the burden of production"); Eagle Hospital Physicians, LLC v. SRG Consulting, Inc., 561 F.3d 1298, 1304 (11th Cir. 2009) (recognizing that "dismissal following the assertion of the Fifth Amendment violates the Constitution where th

o provide some sort of independent evidence to obtain an adverse inference.1 The other case cited by Epstein -- Eagle Hospital Physicians, LLC v. SRG Consulting, Inc., 561 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 2009) -- is likewise unavailing. There, a defendant presented an affidavit to the district court that attached attorney-