Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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regarding the Rolling Stone article (Demand No. 16). On January 12, 2016, the court held a hearing on the motion to compel. The motion has been fully briefed and is ripe for disposition. Discussion The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party “may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case[.]” Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1). “Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” Id. Moreover, the discovery rules are to be accorded broad and liberal construction. Herbert v. Lando, 441 U.S. 153, 177, 99 S.Ct. 1635, 60 L.Ed.2d 115 (1979); see also Care-First of Md., Inc. v. Carefirst Pregnancy Ctrs., Inc., 334 F.3d 390, 402 (4th Cir.2003) . If a party fails to produce requested
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that while as a general matter discovery should be freely permitted  j jurisdictional discovery is justified only if the plaintiff reasonably demonstrates that it can supplement its jurisdictional allegations through discovery
B. holding that subsequently enacted federal statutes trump the rules of civil procedure
C. recognizing that while summary judgment is improper if the nonmovant is not afforded a sufficient opportunity for discovery it is the nonmovants responsibility to inform the district court of the need for discovery by filing an affidavit pursuant to rule 56f of the federal rules of civil procedure or filing a motion requesting additional discovery
D. holding discovery rules apply to civil forfeiture proceedings
E. holding that discovery under the federal rules of civil procedure is broad in scope and freely permitted
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.