USA v. Chandran et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
vs.
NEIL SURESH SHANDRAN and
BRYAN LEE,
Defendants.
4:22CR3077
ORDER
Presently before the Court is the United States Filter Team’s Unopposed
Motion to Amend ECF 74. (Filing No. 331).
Having considered the Motion, and for good cause shown, the motion is
granted as set forth herein, and it is hereby ORDERED that the Rule 502(d)
Order at ECF 74 is amended to read as follows:
1. The United States Filter Team is authorized to release to the
Prosecution Team and Defendants Neil Suresh Chandran and
Bryan Lee (together, “Defendants”) the following material:
a. Email data seized pursuant to search warrants authorized by
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for
the following email accounts:
i. Michael.glaspie@gmail.com
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ii. mtg@mysiteinc.com
(together, the “Glaspie Email Accounts”);
b. Cell phone data associated with phone number (951) 833-0324
seized pursuant to a search warrant authorized by the United
States District for the Central District of California (the “Ponniah
Cell Phone”); and
c. Apple iCloud data associated with Apple ID rponniah@mac.com
seized pursuant to a search warrant authorized by the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “Ponniah
iCloud Account”).
2. The Filter Team’s release of said material to the Prosecution Team
and Defendants shall not be deemed a waiver in this matter, and
the attorney-client privilege and other privileges or protections are
not waived in any other federal or state proceeding by disclosure
connected with the litigation pending before this Court.
3. Nothing precludes ostensible privilege holder non-parties Michael
Glaspie or Raj Ponniah from asserting privilege claims over the
Glaspie Email Accounts, the Ponniah Cell Phone, or the Ponniah
iCloud Account in this or any other federal or state proceeding.
4. In the event a Defendant or a non-party seeks to withhold or limit
the use of the Glaspie Email Accounts, the Ponniah Cell Phone, or
the Ponniah iCloud Account in another federal or state proceeding
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on the basis of the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work
product protection, or any other privilege or protection, the
Government reserves its rights to contest those assertions at that
time.
5. The Protective Order issued on June 21, 2023 (ECF 96) shall
apply to the discovery material produced pursuant to this Order.
Dated this 31st day of October 2025
BY THE COURT
_s/ Jacqueline M. DeLuca__________
United States Magistrate Judge
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