Release of Information to News Media

(a) Court Personnel. All court personnel, including but not limited to the marshal and deputy marshals and office personnel, the clerk and deputy clerks and office personnel, probation officers and office personnel, bailiffs, court reporters, and the judges’ and magistrate judges’ office personnel, are prohibited from disclosing to any person, without authorization of the court, information relating to any pending matter that has not been filed as a part of the public records of the court. This proscription applies to the divulgence of any information concerning arguments and hearings held in chambers or otherwise outside the presence of the jury or the public. May 2023 Return to Table of Contents Local Civil Rules – U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (b) Copies of Public Records.

Members of the news media and others may obtain copies of all public records from the clerk upon payment of copying fees as prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States.