Local Rule LCvR 40.9: SANCTIONS IMPOSED
D.D.C. — Civil rule
LCvR 40.9 SANCTIONS IMPOSED
(a) COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
The Clerk or his/her designee may respond to or describe, in general terms, the process of creating case assignment decks for the automated case assignment system. In addition, the Clerk or his/her designee is also authorized to reveal the name of a judge assigned a case and the procedure by which the assignment was made. No employee of the Court may reveal to any other person, other than members of the Calendar and Case Management Committee and the Chief Judge, any list that may show the composition of any deck. No court employee may number or assign any case other than in the manner provided in these rules or in the manner ordered by the Calendar and Case Management Committee. An employee who violates this provision shall be subject to discharge from service.
(b) THIRD PARTIES.
No person shall directly or indirectly cause, or procure, or attempt to cause or procure, a court officer or employee to reveal to any person, other than the members of the Calendar and Case Management Committee, the sequence of the judges' names within each block of assignment cards, or to number or assign any case otherwise than herein provided or as ordered by the Calendar and Case Management Committee. A violation of this Rule may be punished as a contempt of court.
COMMENT TO LCvR 40.9(a): This amendment provides the Clerk's Office with sufficient latitude to generally discuss the creation of the case assignment decks. Further, it permits the Chief Judge to be apprised of the composition of any deck.