Local Rule 460: DISCLOSURE OF PRESENTENCE REPORTS, PRETRIAL SERVICES REPORTS AND RELATED RECORDS
E.D. Cal. — Criminal rule
RULE 460 (Fed. R. Crim. P. 32, 18 U.S.C. § 3153(c), 18 U.S.C. § 3552)
DISCLOSURE OF PRESENTENCE REPORTS, PRETRIAL SERVICES REPORTS AND RELATED RECORDS
(a) Confidential Character of Presentence Reports, Pretrial Services Reports, and Related Records. The presentence reports, pretrial services reports, violation reports, and related documents are confidential records of the United States District Court. Unless further disclosure is expressly authorized by order of the Court or this rule, such records shall be disclosed only to the Court, court personnel, the defendant, the defendant's counsel, the defense investigator, if any, and the United States Attorney's Office in connection with the sentencing, detention/release, or violation hearing.
(b) Requests for Disclosure. Any applicant seeking an order authorizing further disclosure of a presentence report or pretrial services report maintained by the probation or pretrial services offices shall file a written petition to the Court establishing with particularity the need for specific information in the records. Requests for disclosure made to probation or pretrial services officers are improper. Except as provided in (c) below, no further disclosure shall be made except upon an order issued by the Court.
(c) Exceptions. Nothing in this rule is intended to prohibit probation or pretrial services from disclosing records without court order as is authorized by statute, regulation, or formalized national policy.