Local Rule 32.2: DISCLOSURE OF PRESENTENCE REPORTS OR PROBATION RECORDS

32.2 DISCLOSURE OF PRESENTENCE REPORTS OR PROBATION RECORDS.

(a) No person shall otherwise disclose, copy, reproduce, deface, delete from or add to any report within the purview of this rule.

(b) No confidential records of the court maintained at the probation office, including presentence reports and probation supervision reports, shall be sought by any applicant except by written petition to the court establishing with particularity the need for specific information believed to be contained in such records. When a demand for disclosure of such information or such records is made by way of subpoena or other judicial process served upon a probation officer of this court, the probation officer may file a petition seeking instruction from the court with respect to the manner in which he should respond to such subpoena or such process.

(c) Any party filing an appeal or cross appeal in any criminal case in which it is expected that any issue will be asserted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742 concerning the sentence imposed by the court shall immediately notify the probation officer who shall then file with the clerk for inclusion in the record in camera a copy of the presentence investigation report.