Sentencing Procedures

(a) Filing Documents. Sentencing-related documents shall be filed in the Court’s electronic docketing system with access limited to Defendant’s counsel, the Government, and the Court. Such documents include: (1) draft presentence investigation reports, final presentence investigation reports, and addenda to reports; (2) objections to presentence investigation reports; (3) (4) motions filed in accordance with United States Sentencing sentencing memoranda; Guideline § 5K1.1; and letters to the judge. (5) Given their confidential nature, the Clerk of Court shall file the items listed in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) under seal automatically without any need for a motion or order.

(b) Presentence Reports and Addenda. No person shall disclose, share, disseminate, copy, or reproduce these documents, other than to the parties and the Court. Any unauthorized disclosure may be treated as an act of contempt. (c) Objections.

Within 14 days of the filing of the draft presentence investigation report, the Government and Defendant shall each file all respective objections to the presentence investigation report. If a party files objections to the draft presentence investigation report, the objecting party shall confer with the probation officer in an effort to resolve the objections before issuance of the final presentence investigation report. A party with no objections shall file a notice stating there are no objections. (d) Sentencing Memoranda.

Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge, a party may file a sentencing memorandum concerning any complex sentencing issue no later than the day prior to the sentencing hearing. 34