Is a judge's decision not to order discovery review reviewed for abuse of discretion?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Armstrong, 48 F.3d 1508 (9th Cir. 1994):

We previously held in Bourgeois, 964 F.2d at 937, and the majority continues to hold, that a district court's decision to order or not order discovery is reviewed for abuse of discretion. While we should not substitute our judgment for that of the district court, we do reverse even under this deferential standard when the court either does not apply the correct law, or rests its decision on a clearly erroneous finding of material fact. Marchand v. Mercy Medical Center, 22 F.3d 933, 936 (9th Cir.1994).

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