RELEASE OF INFORMATION BY COURTHOUSE

PERSONNEL IN CRIMINAL CASES

All courthouse personnel, including marshals, deputy marshals, deputy court clerks, court security officers, interpreters, and court reporters, are prohibited from disclosing to any person, without authorization by the court, information relating to a pending criminal case that is not part of the public records of the court including ex parte documents. Specifically forbidden is the divulgence of information concerning arguments and hearings held in chambers, at side bars or otherwise outside the presence of the public.