UEFA asked a U.S. court for FIFA documents in a planned Swiss criminal case against Gianni Infantino. [1] Reuters filed the August request. [1] Planned is not filed. This paper has been carrying unfiled through the catch-up week. Monday added no prosecutor, no Zurich docket number, and no named Swiss stamp in fetched copy.

A discovery ask in a U.S. court is still a discovery ask. Kalshi's missing league pact on another page is not this complaint. An unfiled threat is not a charge.

Document fights are slow by design; each side reads everything before producing anything. The August request is early in that process. Zurich, if it acts, acts quietly.

American discovery in foreign-corruption matters often runs months ahead of any charging decision; prosecutors collect paper first and decide later. UEFA's request sits squarely at the paper stage. Charges, if any ever come, belong to a later edition.

Paper stages precede decisions by months; Monday's stage is paper. Paperwork accumulates. Zurich stays quiet.

Quiet Zurich stays at paper; Monday collects, doesn't charge. American discovery runs months. UEFA's request sits there.

Prosecutors collect paper first and decide later. UEFA's request sits at the paper stage. Charges belong to a later edition.

American discovery is still collecting paper. UEFA's request has not become a charge. Monday does not invent a Swiss stamp.

Paper stages precede charging decisions by months. Monday is still collecting. Zurich has not stamped a case.

Monday does not invent a Swiss stamp. Paper stages precede charging decisions by months. Zurich still has no stamp.

Zurich has not stamped a case. Monday does not invent a Swiss stamp. Paper stages precede charging decisions by months.

-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London